Education in Egypt “ Study to pass, Memorize to have Grades” !
In Austria .. Education is something else!
wrote by: Mohamed Refaat
No doubt that we all know that the Education System in Egypt is a Chaos !
It’s just about learn to pass, memorize to get grades, Education in Egypt is simply Dead! Lucky who can pass in the end and don’t wonder if he doesn’t know anything! Don’t blame him but blame Education system, Comparing with the Another Countries, Egypt with all pride in the last place and they deserved.
Education in Austria is something else, based on the right beginning and not leaving anything goes away, everything prepared and well organized, from Kindergarten until the Secondary School, and the most Important thing there that anyone can join the College he wants to join, so there is no wonder when we find the wages of the Teachers are very well like Doctors or Engineers, cause they have their own Message.
The Education divided into 3 parts in Austria, before the College, and they’re:
First Part, Kindergarten:
And it’s the beginning of the Education, as the families start to send their children to the Kindergarten in their districts, and it’s very important thing cause the teach the Child the basics like spelling and writing beside the Treatment and finally how to be responsible, and how work on their Talents and improve them, beside taking them in a groups to visit the City, Museums, Theaters and no problem if they want Cinema.
The Second Part Hauptschule:
When the Children are 6 years old, they moved to the Primary Schools, where they learn the basics of everything beginning from German language, History, Geography, Math & Science.
The target here is preparing the Pupils to understand all the Subjects in an easy way, and here it shows the ability of the Teacher in teaching with many methods and different ways, and they must write small reports about their experience and there is no marks, it is just Grades from 1 to 5, and the possibility of Success is 100% because they want to prepare the Pupil to take his decision in 4 years to know his needs.
Third Part Secondary School:
This part is the final one, and cause it makes the Pupil well prepared and widely than before, they add two more Languages one of them is English and the others are Spanish, Italian, French and Latin, in this level the Pupil begins to learn all Subjects like History, Chemistry, Physics, Algebra & Geometry, Science, Biology ..etc
And then he gets his Exams in June and February only, and then he takes his Certificate, and begins to look for the suitable college for him.
There is also another option, it’s Specialized Secondary School like Engineering, Tourism and Economics
Engineering Schools:
It helps the Students a lot as they Join the College, cause this School has all the Departments in Engineering Field like Architecture, Mechanic as well as IT.
Tourism Schools
This Schools make Pupils ready for working in many branches in Tourism, like working in Flight offices, Guide offices, and it helps to finish this in 2 years instead of 4 years.
Business Schools :
The Pupils here can study Economics, Accounting and everything that relate to World of Business, he can work while he study for gaining experiences before finishing his studies.
This kind of Schools give the Students a degree that similar to Uni. Certificate, and makes him work after finishing their College.
And there are schools that specialized in Secondary Subjects, as the Student can choose the subjects that they want to learn and take exams, Mr.Hans Lubitzer is a Headmaster of one of these Schools, he explained the system there and there is no problem about the age, there was once a student who aged 79, and they accept the Student who have been kicked out from another schools, and they have something called Coaching and it is consist of 3 physiologists, their mission is motivating the students for learning, and offer them a good atmosphere to get high grades to join Colleges without any problem, he talked too about the relationship between the Teachers and the students and how much it is important to build their personalities, cause teachers are friends too, they can go outside and have a coffee with the students and talk about several stuffs, so all of these factors help the Student to march on and to be successful, finally for the Exams he cleared that they came easy and not difficult for the average Students which give them a chance to pass them.
In the end, we wish that we can learn something from this Austrian experiment.