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Education in Peć, Kosovo, is a system with no tuition fees, mandatory for all children between the ages of 6-18. It consists of a nine-year basic comprehensive school (starting at age six and ending at the age of fifteen) secondary general and professional education commonly known as high school and higher education (University). It also includes non-mandatory daycare programs for babies and toddlers and a one-year "preschool". The school year runs from early September to late June of the following year. Winter break runs from late December to early January, dividing the school year into two semesters. Peć is the only city in Kosovo that offers high school education in arts and general education for the visually impaired.
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Elementary education
Elementary education is divided in two parts. The first includes grades from 1 to 5 in which the students are taught by a single teacher. The second part is known as the lower secondary education and it includes grades from 6 to 9. Each subject is taught by a different teacher specialized in their subject.
Elementary schools
High School education
Secondary education includes grades from 10 to 12 and each school is divided into its own departments.
High school
Professional education
Professional education is a part of the educational system and professional training that enables students who have finished mandatory education inclusion in a democratic society as active and competent participants, and successful engagement in the constantly changing labor market. There are two professional high schools in Peć:
Private Schools
The private schools in Peć offer Education from sixth to twelfth grade. The amount of students per class is generally smaller than in public school and the schedule is longer.
Number of students and teachers according to the 2011-2012 statistics:
Number of students based on Ethnicity according to the 2011-2012 statistics:
Music school Halit Kasapolli
The "Halit Kasapolli" school of music is the only school of its kind in Peć. The school that is named after the composer from Peć Halit Kasapolli, started working in 2008. In the absence of profile singing the students study Music Theory and Instruments: piano, clarinet, violin, flute and guitar.
School for the visually impaired Dr. Xheladin Deda
School for the blind and the visually impaired – resource center Dr. Xheladin Deda in Peć is the only institution in Kosovo that offers education to blind and visually impaired children. It was founded in 1982 and works as a public institution financed by the Kosovo Ministry of Education.
Haxhi Zeka University
The public university Haxhi Zeka is originally a descendant of the Faculty of Applied Business Sciences (FABS) in Peć that was founded in 1960 with the decision of KSAK as an Economic-Commercial high school in Peć. At the beginning the school only consisted of the Commercial Business in the enterprise department and only a small number of teachers.
Now it consists of the following faculties:
European College Dukagjini
The European College Dukagjini began its work in October 2006, and immediately enrolled more than 600 students in one academic year (2006/2007). Based on this significant demand, expectations are that this university could, in one five-year cycle of studies, have at least 4000 to 5000 students.
European Dukagjini College includes the following faculties:
Faculty of Economy with the departments:
Faculty of law with the departments:
Faculty of Biotechnology