Selected issues that are current in Czech education
Selected issues that are current in Czech education

Author(s): Bohumíra Lazarová
Subject(s): Education, School education, State/Government and Education, Evaluation research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Czech republic; education; selected issues;
Summary/Abstract: Since 1989 Czech schools have undergone a process of turbulent change. Decentralization has turned schools into legal entities and provided them with considerable autonomy. Most of the changes that schools have been through in the last 25 years are anchored in the strategic document National Programme for the Development of Education, also called White Book (see MŠMT, 2001), and the legislation documents created in 2004 (MŠMT, 2004). Today we find ourselves in the period of final revisions to and adoption of a new Education Act, which will present schools with more changes and challenges. The wording of the new Act reflects the Strategy for the Education Policy of the Czech Republic until 2020 (MŠMT, 2015), a strategic document that follows Europe-wide trends of development. Two priorities are typical of this document: elimination of unequal access to education and reinforcement of the quality of teachers and teaching. It is considered fundamental to promote these ideas in practice and create corresponding procedures and standards of implementation (EDUin, 2014). As for current challenges related to basic schools, we have chosen three topics that in recent years and months have provoked a lot of discussions as well as emotion: pupils’ educational results, inclusive education and professional development of teachers.

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