In Poland, the education system is centrally managed by the ministry of National Education and the ministry of Science and Higher Education. Full-time compulsory education in school covers children and young people aged 6-16 years, whereas part-time compulsory education (to be received in school or non-school settings) concerns young people aged 16-18 years. Upper secondary schools, which are not compulsory, are attended by the vast majority of the population in the age group 16-19/20 years and are administered by district authorities. Only the national educational policy is developed and implemented centrally, while the management of education and the administration of schools is decentralized. The responsibility for the administration of primary schools and lower secondary schools is delegated to the commune, with management of schools above the lower-secondary level, art schools and special schools has delegated to districts as their statutory responsibility. The responsibility for pedagogical supervision rests with the heads of the regional education authorities in 16 provinces According to Eurydice’s Key Data on Learning and Innovation through ICT at school in Europe, in Poland there are national strategies covering training measures in all areas except for the area of ICT in schools. There are central steering documents for all ICT learning objectives at secondary education level and for knowledge of computer hardware and electronic, using a computer, using mobile devices, and searching for information, at primary level. In primary and secondary schools ICT is taught as a general tool for other subjects/or as a tool for specific tasks in other subjects, and also taught as a separate subject, and in addition in secondary schools ICT is included within technology as a subject. At primary and secondary education level recommendations or suggestions and support are provided in all ICT hardware areas, and for all ICT software categories. According to official steering documents, students and teachers at secondary level are not expected to use ICT in subjects either in class or for complementary activities. There are no central recommendations on the use of ICT in student assessment. Public-private partnerships for promoting the use of ICT are encouraged for providing extra-curricular activities.
