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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

Kiska: We Need Actual School Reform and Expert in Ministerial Post

Kiska: We Need Actual School Reform and Expert in Ministerial Post

Tisovec, September 4 (TASR) – Slovakia is in need of actual school reform and a high-quality expert in the education minister post, President Andrej Kiska said in a speech he delivered at the ceremonial opening of the 2017/18 school year at the Evangelical Secondary Grammar School in Tisovec (Banska Bystrica

Teacher Trade Union Not to Ink Memorandum on Social Reconciliation with Gov't

Teacher Trade Union Not to Ink Memorandum on Social Reconciliation with Gov't

Bratislava, August 30 (TASR) – The teacher trade union won’t sign a memorandum on the so-called social reconciliation with the Government that was supposed to guarantee to the Cabinet that teachers won’t organise strikes until 2020, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Following an extraordinary session of the Education and Science