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Ministry: OLaNO-NOVA's 'Uninformed' Attack Prompted by Our Success

Ministry: OLaNO-NOVA's 'Uninformed' Attack Prompted by Our Success

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry views claims by the Opposition OLaNO-NOVA party about calls for proposals towards research and innovations as an attack that is informed by its ignorance of the issue and comes in response to the ministry’s accomplishments under the tenure

OLaNO-NOVA to Attempt to Unseat Plavcan over Allocation of EU Funds

OLaNO-NOVA to Attempt to Unseat Plavcan over Allocation of EU Funds

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The Opposition OLaNO-NOVA party voiced its incredulity on Tuesday about the independence and expertise of people involved in evaluating calls for EU-funded projects towards research and development, TASR learnt on the same day. Funds have been allocated to tiny firms that have no research capabilities and

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