6. Education and Training
6.10 Current debates and reforms
Last update: 28 November 2023
Learning Slovakia
In 2017, a major nationwide debate was held on the National Education and Training Program "Learning Slovakia"
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70 aims for the next 10 years of development of educational system in the Slovak Republic.
Main proposed changes:
- To extend compulsory education to 11 years and establish its beginning at the age of 5 years
- To adapt education to the needs of the child, its talents and abilities
- To incorporate soft skills into educational programs
- To create teaching situations where pupils learn from each other within the framework of curricula
- To allow adaptation of the curriculum at the level of individual classes or teachers.
- To liberalize the market with teaching books and retain the choice of textbooks, teaching materials and teaching aids for schools
Current debates in 2021:
- The expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education system and the future of the youth, especially on the youth who could not take part in distance learning,
- The Slovak Recovery plan for the education system,
- Updates of the strategies on youth, on inclusive and global education and on lifelong learning,
- Amendment of the School law and the Law on pedagogical and professional school staff.