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School Trade Unionists Don't Consider One-off Contribution to Be Salary Hike

School Trade Unionists Don't Consider One-off Contribution to Be Salary Hike

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – The Slovak Education Sector Employees Trade Union (OZPSaV) does not consider a one-off contribution for state and public sector employees amounting to €500 to be a salary hike, it rather views it as a compensatory allowance, OZPSaV chairman Pavel Ondek told TASR on Monday. School trade

Another Semester of Agency Journalism at UCM, Provided by TASR, Has Concluded

Another Semester of Agency Journalism at UCM, Provided by TASR, Has Concluded

Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) – Studies as part of the summer semester of a subject called agency journalism taught by the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) at Cyril and Methodius University’s (UCM) Massmedia Communications Faculty in Trnava have ended with an evaluation of the students’ work. The course

Matovic to Present Proposal for Higher Teachers' Wages Jointly with Higher Taxes

Matovic to Present Proposal for Higher Teachers' Wages Jointly with Higher Taxes

Bratislava, June 6 (TASR) – I’ll present a proposal for a ten-percent increase in salaries in education at the Government meeting on Wednesday (June 8), together with a proposal to tax gambling, alcohol, Russian oil and increase the regulated levy, Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said following a meeting with

CoFoE: TASR Launches Draw for Schools with Valuable Prizes

CoFoE: TASR Launches Draw for Schools with Valuable Prizes

Bratislava, April 28 (TASR) – Education is one of the important issues addressed by the ongoing Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), and the aim of the TASRFOE project, implemented by TASR news agency, is to bring discussions on these issues closer to the Slovak public. The project, co-financed by

Eleventh Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, All V4 Countries Can Join This Year

Eleventh Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, All V4 Countries Can Join This Year

Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) – The IT Fitness Test, aimed at testing the digital skills of pupils, students, teachers and the broader public in Slovakia, started on Tuesday and will last until July 31, Mario Lelovsky, vice-president of Slovakia’s IT Association and chairman of the Digital Coalition, told a news

President Signs Amendment to University Act

President Signs Amendment to University Act

Bratislava, April 12 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Tuesday signed an amendment to the University Act that, among other measures, adjusts the election of a rector and shortens the length of external studies to five years, TASR was told by spokesman for the head of state Martin Strizinec. The aim

Groehling: 6,248 Ukrainian Students Placed in Slovak Schools to Date

Groehling: 6,248 Ukrainian Students Placed in Slovak Schools to Date

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – A total of 6,248 Ukrainian students have been placed in the Slovak education system since February 24, Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) told a news conference on Thursday. Of the total, 4,892 Ukrainian students have been placed in primary schools, 618