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Parents Support Teachers in Struggle for Better Education

Parents Support Teachers in Struggle for Better Education

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – More than a thousand people gathered on SNP Square in Bratislava on Wednesday evening for a meeting of teachers, parents and friends of schools to express support for the demand that education should become a real and not only proclaimed priority for the Government. Among the

ISU: Cabinet Makes New Promises without Doing Earlier Homework

ISU: Cabinet Makes New Promises without Doing Earlier Homework

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) – The Government is coming up with new promises while old commitments remain unfulfilled, Slovak Teachers Initiative (ISU) representatives told a press briefing on Thursday. The striking teachers pointed out that the Government has yet to deliver on a parliamentary resolution dated December 2012, whereby the Cabinet

Education Ministry: Edunet_SK to Give Schools Virtual Private Network

Education Ministry: Edunet_SK to Give Schools Virtual Private Network

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – Edunet_SK doesn’t entail buying internet connection for schools; rather, the project will provide schools with a virtual private network (VPN) enabling connection even to the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry data centre, ministry spokesperson Beata Dupalova Ksenzsighova said Wednesday. Such a network architecture

Discontent Demonstrators Enunciate Their Opinions in front of Parliament

Discontent Demonstrators Enunciate Their Opinions in front of Parliament

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – Drums, whistles, rattles and bells resounded in front of the Parliament building in Bratislava on Tuesday afternoon, as about 200 teachers, pupils and their parents voiced their dissatisfaction with Government’s alleged inactivity concerning the teachers’ situation. Demonstrators chose this venue due to the extraordinary session

Most-Hid: Teachers' Situation Can Be Addressed before Election by Law

Most-Hid: Teachers' Situation Can Be Addressed before Election by Law

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – If there’s a will to address the situation faced by teachers in Slovakia, it’s possible to do so prior to the parliamentary election (March 5), announced Most-Hid chairman Bela Bugar at a press conference on Tuesday, adding that the party has prepared an amendment

Teachers on Strike Buoy Their Cause by Forming Human Chains

Teachers on Strike Buoy Their Cause by Forming Human Chains

Bratislava/Kosice, February 1 (TASR) – The teachers who have joined the ongoing strike under the umbrella of the Slovak Teachers’ Initiative (ISU), joined by supporters of their cause, formed human chains in a number of Slovak cities and towns including Bratislava and Kosice on Monday, TASR learnt on the same

Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Juraj Draxler is carefully taking the requirements of the education sector into consideration, according to ministry spokesperson Beata Dupalova Ksenzsighova on Monday. She was speaking in response to an evaluation of the incumbent Cabinet’s activities by the Slovak Teachers