Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 inherited the academic grading system of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

. A five-point grading scale is used in primary and secondary schools:

• 5: excellent (odlično, best possible grade; usually 90%+)
• 4: very good (prav dobro, usually 77%+)
• 3: good (dobro, usually 63%+)
• 2: sufficient (zadostno, lowest passing grade; usually 50%+)
• 1: insufficient (nezadostno, lowest possible grade; failing)

Many teachers use minus and plus symbols as grade modifiers. For example, "−5" denotes a grade slightly lower than "excellent", while "+4" denotes a grade slightly higher than "very good". Half-grades such as "4/5" are also used. However, these modifiers are unofficial and do not appear in final grade reports.

In universities, a ten-point grading scale is used:

• 10 excellent (best possible grade)
• 8-9 very good
• 7 good
• 6 sufficient (lowest passing grade)
• 5 or less (failing grades)