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Current AffairsNumber of teachers to be reduced

The birth rate here in the Czech Republic has been falling in recent years, and every year there are less and less new pupils enrolling at Czech schools. The new Minister of Education, Petra Buzkova, is planning to reduce the number of teachers, saying the money saved could be used to increase teachers' salaries. Alena Skodova has the story:  More

NewsKids back to school, but many schools remain closed

Current AffairsNew school year starts on Monday

A new school year started in the Czech Republic on Monday, and it is an exceptional beginning of school this autumn, as many schools in the country could not open because they were damaged in the recent heavy floods. Alena Skodova has the story:  More

Current AffairsGrowing violence among schoolchildren

Today is the last day of the school year in the Czech Republic-a day awaited by many youngsters with a mixture of anticipation and dread. The summer holidays loom ahead but before that they have to face their parents with this term's report card. Daniela Lazarova has the story.  More

Current AffairsCatholic Faculty loses accreditation

As we reported in January, the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague was facing serious problems. Devastated by decades of miserable existence under communism it never fully recovered and it has failed to find its place in the free academic environment even 12 years after the fall of the regime. At the end of last year the management of the university took the matters into their own hands and started implementing changes. However, the faculty has now lost its accreditation. Pavla Horakova has the details.  More

Letter from Prague A story from the war

Here's a story for you. It's the story of an old lady I know, a widow of around 80 years old. She lives in a small town in east Bohemia. She's now frail with health problems, lonely maybe and prone to complaining. But back in 1939 when Nazi Germany took over the Czech lands she was a teenager doing what thousands have done before and since - preparing for her school leaving exams, what is known as the 'maturita' in Czech.  More

Current AffairsEducation Ministry after skiving kids

The problems the Czech education system currently faces are typically related to money - or the lack thereof. But there is one issue which no amount of money can fix. It's truancy - and apparently, it has got so bad that the Ministry of Education has issued special directives on how to tackle the problem. Pavla Horakova has more.  More

Current Affairs Rectors of Czech universities meet in Prague

The Czech Technical University, which celebrated the 295th anniversary of its foundation earlier this year, hosted the 64th meeting of the Czech Conference of Rectors on Friday. Coincidentally, the oldest Czech university, Charles University, remembered 654 years of its existence last week. Pavla Horakova has more.  More

Current AffairsCzech schools hire unqualified teachers

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Talking PointWill Czech students have to pay for their university studies?

It's exam time now at many Czech universities. Corridors that are usually abuzz with laughter and conversation are silent and empty. Students are busy revising for their essays and exams. But soon they might have other important things to worry about on top of their studies. University education has always been free in the Czech Republic, but many say the system is in need of reform and some suggest the only way to reform it is to introduce tuition fees. By .  More