János Bottyán Politechnical Secondary School,

EsztergomIntroduction of

Partner 8

Gödöllő and Esztergom in Google Earth

How you can see together

–Gödöllő and

–Esztergom (on Google Earth)?

Let us look Esztergom

The Cathedral and the Royal Castle

City Centre

János Bottyán Politechnical Secondary School

Maintainer:

– Komárom-Esztergom County Authority

Number of students

– About 420

Number of teachers

– About 40

History in Short

– Founded in 1950 as new type technical secondary school (specialisation machinery).

Age group 14-18.

History in Short

1960: (specialisation: precision engineering, electronics, automation);

– 1970s, 1980s good reputation.

History of the Last Two Decades

1988-89

– Missing the traditional industrial background;

– Drastic cut in financing.

History of the Last Two Decades

In 1988-89

+/- Changing demands of students and parents;

+ Increasing freedom for school innovations.

New Programmes

– In 1993, Human Resources Development project, pilot school in the second round.

New Programmes

– Job families: electrotechnics-electronics, machinery, later Information Technology.

New Programmes

– In 1997, renewal of the vocational training

– In 1998, grammar school stream (four-year programme)

Key events in 2000

– + 50 years anniversary

Key events in 2000

– Merging the school with a similar one, namely J. K. Hell Politechnical Secondary School, Esztergom-Kertváros

– + The legal successor is the Bottyán School

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

– Motto: „Barátságos Bottyán” i.e. „Friendly Bottyán”

Friendly, familiar atmosphere

Strengths and Weaknesses

– Traditions

– Good, enthusiastic teaching staff (mostly), high added value

Strengths and Weaknesses

Weaknesses

– Motivation problems;

– Low effectiveness and efficiency;

Strengths and Weaknesses

Weaknesses

– Decreasing motivation, knowledge and basic skills of entrants;

– Decreasing results.

Focal point nowReconstruction of the school building

Expectations

– To find solutions, tools for overcoming some of our difficulties;

– To support the teaching staff get to know E-learning;

– To enhance the learning-teaching process.

Possible Contributions

– Do all our jobs timely.

– To try to contribute to the successful completion of the project as much as possible.

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Questions and Answers?

The time is over …

Thank you very much for your kind attention.

László Gergelylgergely@bottyan-

egom.sulinet.hu