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 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (Serbia-Montenegro)
 
 
Elementary Education
 
 
 
 
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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
 
 
 
Age of Admission:
Age 7
 
Length:
Eight years
 
Programme of Study:

Elementary school curriculum (Serbia)

Subject

Number of weekly periods in each grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Serbian language and literature

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

Serbian language and literature *

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

2

Other language #

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

Foreign language

-

-

-

-

4

3

2

2

Art

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Music

1

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

Nature and Society

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

Nature

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

Society

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

History

-

-

-

-

1

2

2

2

Geography

-

-

-

-

1

2

2

2

Physics

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

2

Mathematics

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

Biology

-

-

-

-

2

2

2

2

Chemistry

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

Technical Education

-

-

-

-

2

2

1

1

Physical Education

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

Total weekly periods

18

18

19

20

25

25

25

25

* For students following instruction in the language of a national minority (Albanian, Romanian, Hungarian, etc)
# Language in which instruction is given only in the language of a national minority

Elementary school curriculum (Montenegro)

Subject

Number of weekly periods in each grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Native language and literature

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

Serbian language for non-Serbs

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Albanian language for non-Albanians

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Foreign language

-

-

-

2

3

3

2

2

Art

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Music

1

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

Nature and Society

2

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

Society

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

History

-

-

-

-

1

2

2

2

Geography

-

-

-

-

1

2

2

2

Nature

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

Biology

-

-

-

-

2

2

2

2

Chemistry

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

Physics

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

2

Mathematics

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

Technical Education

-

-

-

1

2

2

2

2

Physical Education

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

Total weekly periods

18

19

20

24

25

25

26

26

Assessment and Promotion:
Students are continuously assessed through coursework and written and oral examinations.
 
Grading Scale:
Students are assessed using a grading scale from one to five; five is the highest grade and two, the lowest passing grade.

Number

Serbo-Croatian

Translation

WES

5

Odlican

Excellent

A

4

Vrlo dobar

Very Good

A

3

Dobar

Good

B

2

Dovoljan

Satisfactory

C

1

Nedovoljan

Unsatisfactory

F

Revised: May 06, 2004 .
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