Admission to Shortened Study for a Vocational (Apprenticeship) Certificate

Hlavní informace

Secondary schools that provide vocational education leading to a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate may also offer a shortened study programme in the same field of education, typically lasting 1 to 2 years in full-time study (non-full-time study may be extended by up to one additional year). 

For some vocational fields, admission is conditional upon medical fitness, which usually corresponds to the health requirements for working in the chosen profession.

The school's headteacher may, but is not obliged to, require a school-specific entrance examination, the content and format of which must be in accordance with the relevant educational framework. A standardised entrance examination does not apply.

Information about whether a particular school offers shortened study in a given field can be obtained directly from the school. Unlike post-secondary study programmes, shortened study programmes are not listed in the national register of schools and educational institutions. They are simply a modified version of the school's curriculum for the relevant field.

Týká se vás to pokud

This service is for individuals who have already obtained secondary education with a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate and wish to obtain a certificate in another vocational field, or for those who have successfully completed the final year of a secondary education programme with a school-leaving examination and wish to obtain a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate.

Kdy službu řešit

At any time after obtaining secondary education with a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate or after successfully completing the final year of a secondary education programme with a school-leaving examination.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

You must submit the application form, including all required attachments, using the prescribed form.

Kde a jak službu řešit

You can submit the application with attachments by post, via a data box, or in person – each application must be submitted separately to each school. In the first and second rounds, all submitted applications are identical. From the third round onwards, each application is specific to one school.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

If you successfully complete the programme, you will obtain a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate in the chosen field. This allows you to expand your qualifications and gain specialist training in another vocational area.

Možnosti odvolání

Appeals against non-admission must be submitted through the headteacher of the respective school. The appeal against the decision not to admit an applicant is decided by the Regional Authority or the Prague City Authority, depending on the location of the secondary school.