This article introduces the academic grading systems in the Czech Republic.

Primary and secondary

In the Czech Republic, primary and secondary schools use a 5-point grade system, with 1 as the best and 5 as the worst. They correspond to the following ratings: 1 = výborně (excellent), 2 = chvalitebně (commendable), 3 = dobře (good), 4 = dostatečně (sufficient), and 5 = nedostatečně (insufficient). Only whole numbers appear on report cards, but tests or oral exams are often marked with additional distinctive signs: 3+ is slightly better than 3, 2− is slightly lower than 2, 1-2 or 1/2 means halfway between 1 and 2, and 1* means exceptionally excellent.

Private high schools or Gymnasiums may use different academic grading. A 10-point grading scale consisting of 1 (A), 2 (A-), 3 (B+) ... 10 (D) has been used in some private schools in the Czech Republic.

Tertiary

Most universities use a 4-point grade system, in which 1 is the highest and 4 indicates failing. They might also use the textual form of the grades in addition to the numerical form: 1 = výborně (excellent), 2 = velmi dobře (very good), 3 = dobře (good), 4 = neprospěl (fail). In recent years, many universities adopted ECTS system, with the grades A to F. It maps to the previous classification in the following way:[1]

ECTS classificationCzech classificationOrientation percentage
A190 - 100
B1.580 - 89
C270 - 79
D2.560 - 69
E350 - 59
F40 - 49

Some Czech universities, such as University of Economics, Prague,[2] map points acquired throughout the course (out of 100 acquirable) using a different ratio:

Textual classificationNumeric classificationPoints acquired
excellent190 - 100
very good275 - 89
good360 - 74
(see below)450 - 59
fail50 - 49

4+, or 50 - 59 points, may enable the students retake an exam to try to get above the 60 points cutoff. If the student fails to do so, it gets changed to 4 (fail) automatically at the end of the semester. First day of the next semester the grades from each subject (where points were inserted into the system) also get converted to the ECTS scale for international use like this:[3]

ECTS classificationPortion of students
Aq10 - top 10% successful students
Bq35 - next 25% successful students
Cq65 - next 30% successful students
Dq90 - next 25% successful students
Eq100 - last 10% successful students
Fstudents graded 5 (fail)

References

  1. "Grading system". Charles University. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. "Jak zadávat výsledky z předmětů | Národohospodářská fakulta Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. "Opatření rektora, určující pravidla pro výpočet relativního hodnocení studijních povinností podle metodiky ECTS".
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