What is a maturita exam?
Matura, or the maturity exam, is a set of exams that every high school and technical school student must pass in order to receive a diploma of completion of school. Matura is not mandatory, but is required by a higher education institution. So if someone dreams of studying, they must take the exams and achieve good results. Matura is a Polish exam; if someone chooses to study abroad, they should consider taking an international matura exam.
What does the final exam look like?
Every student who decides to take the final exams must take the written exams in Polish, English and mathematics at the basic level. Two oral exams are also mandatory: one in Polish and one in English. You can choose more subjects and take them at the basic or extended level. To pass the exam positively, you must obtain a score of 30%. If a student fails any exam, they can retake it in September.
What after high school?
Students who take the final exam usually do so with the intention of studying at a university. The choice of subjects they take in their final exam is also dependent on this. Each university presents the admission requirements for its respective program in its offer. Once a student successfully passes the final exam and gets into their chosen field of study, they receive a student ID and all the rights that come with that status as a student begin to apply to them. However, if someone does not want to wait until they finish their final exam, but would like to feel like a student already now, they can start collecting ELS hologram stickers.
Student stickers 31.10.18 – see the latest copies from the collection!
See also:
Hologamy ELS
ELD holograms