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Lubyova Agrees with Extending Mandatory Pre-school Education

Lubyova Agrees with Extending Mandatory Pre-school Education

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Education Science, Research and Sport Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) agrees with extending mandatory pre-school education for children from the previously planned period so that it begins at the age of five, the ministry’s communications department informed TASR on Thursday. The

Study: Slovak Job Applicants Have Better English than Czechs and Hungarians

Study: Slovak Job Applicants Have Better English than Czechs and Hungarians

Bratislava, October 3 (TASR) – Slovaks in general have better knowledge of English than Czechs and Hungarians, with the larger number of Slovaks reaching the B1 proficiency level, a joint study of TrackTest.eu and Profesia.sk has revealed. “Around 30,000 job applicants from three countries – Slovakia, the Czech Republic

Kiska: Third of Universities Should Be Closed; Money Given Only to Best

Kiska: Third of Universities Should Be Closed; Money Given Only to Best

San Francisco/Bratislava, September 22 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska as part of his working visit to the USA has met representatives of the Volkswagen Research Lab centre to discuss how research centres are created and what should be done in Slovakia so that such centres could be set up

Fifth-grader Testing to Take Place After All, Sum of €160,000 Earmarked for It

Fifth-grader Testing to Take Place After All, Sum of €160,000 Earmarked for It

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Nation-wide testing of fifth-graders in the Slovak language and maths will take place this year after all, particularly on November 22, and will apply to 45,000 pupils at over 1,400 primary schools, TASR learnt from the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry’s Press

Lubyova Cancels Controversial EU-fund Call for Proposals for Research

Lubyova Cancels Controversial EU-fund Call for Proposals for Research

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Monday (September 18) scrapped a controversial EU-fund call for proposals to support long-term strategic research and development, TASR learnt from the ministry on Tuesday. The Education Ministry stated that no decision

Martina Lubyova from SAV to Become New Education Minister

Martina Lubyova from SAV to Become New Education Minister

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – The task of heading the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry will be given to Martina Lubyova, current director of the Slovak Academy of Sciences’ (SAV) Prognostics Institute, Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Andrej Danko announced on Monday. Lubyova is replacing Peter Plavcan, who resigned at

US Experts and Teachers to Come to Slovakia under Simpler Rules

US Experts and Teachers to Come to Slovakia under Simpler Rules

Bratislava, September 7 (TASR) – Experts from various scientific spheres and teachers from the United States have been able since this summer to come to Slovakia more easily on no-fee non-immigrant visas, US Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling announced on Wednesday at a ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic