The main change over the last five years has been the introduction of the new national curriculum in 2020. The curriculum defines key competences, development fields and educational objectives. It states that art education is particularly concerned with the development of creativity, self-expression and cultural awareness and plays a significant role in the development of other competences. The new national curriculum was criticised by art historians because art history as a separate subject was removed and merged it into more modern visual culture education.
Table 5: Required amounts of lessons per education fields, National Curricula in 2020
|
Arts classes |
1-2nd grade |
3-4th grade |
5-6th grade |
7-8th grade |
9-10th grade |
11-12th grade |
|
Music and singing |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1/3* |
|
Visual culture |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1/3* |
|
Drama |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1/3* |
|
Film and video |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Total amount of arts lessons/week |
8 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
|
Total amount of required lessons/week (minimum) |
44 |
45 |
54 |
57 |
64 |
51(+8) |
*Either one of the three.
A minimum of two weekly “Singing and music” lessons and one “Drawing” lesson are included in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools.
Basic art schools
Institutions of basic education in art and music are accessible and free of charge all over the country. However, there is a selective entry process, especially in the case of music, due to over-subscription. Education fields are the following: visual arts and crafts, theatre and puppet theatre, dance, music. Within music: classical, folk, jazz and electro-acoustic.
Table 6: Number of pupils and pupils/teacher ratio in basic art schools in 2020
|
|
Pupils (thousand) |
Pupils per teacher |
|
Visual arts and crafts |
31.0 |
26.9 |
|
Theatre and puppet theatre |
9.3 |
13.5 |
|
Dance |
59.1 |
37.8 |
|
Music |
|
|
|
Classical |
70.8 |
6.3 |
|
Folk |
6.0 |
9.0 |
|
Jazz |
0.9 |
7.3 |
|
Electro-acoustic music |
2.2 |
7.1 |
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