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Government Okays 6-percent Salary Hikes for Teachers as of September

Government Okays 6-percent Salary Hikes for Teachers as of September

Bratislava, July 24 (TASR) – Salaries of teachers, including university lecturers, are due to increase by 6 percent as of September, with other increases by the same percentage due in September 2018 and 2019, according to a Government decision on Monday. Meanwhile, the Government Manifesto also stipulates salary increases for teachers

SaS Calls on Plavcan to Examine Distribution of European Funds for R&D

SaS Calls on Plavcan to Examine Distribution of European Funds for R&D

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity Party (SaS) is calling on Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) to immediately examine the reasons why neither Slovak universities, nor the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) have received any money from the almost

Fico Urges Students to Pick Studies with Good Career Prospects

Fico Urges Students to Pick Studies with Good Career Prospects

Presov, May 29 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico was in Presov on Monday, meeting students at Jan Adam Rayman Grammar School in order to discuss EU affairs and visiting a company called Tomark to talk about the professional qualifications of people on the labour market and their willingness to work,

Slovak 15-year-old Pupils below OECD Average in Financial Literacy

Slovak 15-year-old Pupils below OECD Average in Financial Literacy

Bratislava, May 24 (TASR) – Slovak pupils are below the average in OECD countries in terms of financial literacy, according to the results of the 2015 PISA financial literacy assessment of 15-year-old students that was released by the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry on Wednesday. Slovakia scored 445 points, while

Kiska Highlights Education as Key to Addressing Roma Issues

Kiska Highlights Education as Key to Addressing Roma Issues

Ihlany, April 7 (TASR) – Education is key to addressing Roma issues, President Andrej Kiska said on Friday during a visit to a school in the village of Ihlany near Kezmarok (Presov region), which is part of a private vocational school in Kezmarok. Speaking during the visit marking International Roma Day

Slovaks Can Test Their e-Skills Online Until June

Slovaks Can Test Their e-Skills Online Until June

Bratislava, April 4 (TASR) – People in Slovakia can verify their computer, internet and social network skills as part of the sixth IT Fitness testing that has started on Tuesday and will run until the end of June, TASR learnt on the same day. If the participants pass the test, they

Danko: Plavcan Delivering on Vision for Education Reform

Danko: Plavcan Delivering on Vision for Education Reform

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan (an SNS nominee) is fulfilling a vision for reforming the education sector and is pushing for concrete measures within the coalition gradually, said Parliamentary Chairman and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko on Wednesday. Danko was speaking