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Prague, 25 August 2011 - The second examination in autumn will be taken by 20 528 students. Graduates will receive certificates on 26th September. 

Oral examinations (common state as well as profile kind of exams) are held in the period from 1 - 14 September, at the tribal school of students. Common written examination shall be held as part of a single trial scheme on 15 - 21 September at the so called catchment school. 
By the end of the holidays gets all high schools, which took place in the spring round of examination, reports on preliminary results of the spring term. The reports will contain information that will enable teachers and directors of schools by comparison with similar industry-school classes and identify strengths and weaknesses of their pupils and use this information to reduce the risk of failure of students at the Ministry of Health in the next school year. "It should help to increase the quality of these schools," said Minister Dobes.
 
Directors and teachers of particular subjects receive feedback, ie information about the results of "their" students not only in their absolute form, but especially in comparison:
• with other classes of their school
• all classes of the same areas of specialization in the whole country,
• all classes in the country regardless of industry focus.
 
It also contains a set of CERMAT's subject analyses of school-leaving examination results in 2011.
 
At a press conference today presented the Minister of Ministry of Dobes also  results of individual regions. The best results have had students of Prague, Hradec, South Bohemia and the Highlands. The worst results were graduates in Ústí nad Labem, Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Central Region. "I warn against letting the directors have taken this analysis as a whip and spur to the distribution of statements," said the minister and reiterated that it is the support and feedback to improve teaching in schools.
The next school year will be full of changes that will simplify and speed up their process, for example, initially there will be a written test before and after the oral. Forthcoming changes just discussed legislative council. All forthcoming action resulted from discussions that took place not only to high schools and their associations, but also with universities.

2 Nov 2011, Brno - The Gaudeamus Fair with the participation of 185 exhibitors including 50 foreign schools has started today. The fair is taking place in Brno and will help high school students and those interested in lifelong learning  to choose the right college. Gaudeamus will last until Friday.
"We expect that, like in previous years, about 30,000 people will come," said exhibition organizer Paul Mikula.

Each school is presented according to their specialization. For example, Defense University students show brought heavy military equipment. "Every day there will be another kind of technology. We will show some of the training and exercise," said Michael Hrbata from the Ministry of Defence.

Technical schools attract those interested in the results of their research. Visitors can see the robotic device or racing car from the Technical University.

Chemists perform simple experiments. Schools are trying to differentiate through the characteristic details. At the booth of one of Canada's educational institutions to miss hockey table. Fishing Science University of South Bohemia brought back to Brno aquarium with live fish.

A separate stand for the first time this year also represents the European Commission's initiative Youth on the move. Its aim is to increase the number of young people who study and gain work experience abroad. Commission on the Fair invited students who already have an exit behind them and can share their experiences and knowledge. Experience from abroad, according to representatives of the European Commission has a great advantage when seeking employment. "If an employer has before him two biographies and one sees foreign experience, so in 60 percent of the graduates choose to foreign experience," said Karel Bartak from the Directorate General for Education of the European Commission.

Representatives of 47 universities attend the Gaudeamus fair this year. Most of them are from Switzerland, Germany and Finland. Unlike last year, when China was represented in plenty, this year there is a lack of Asian exhibitors. "I think it is a consequence of the crisis," said Mikula.

OECD head says export-driven Czech economy must develop a more ‘innovative, skill-based and energy-efficient economy’. With the Czech economy’s export-driven recovery slowing, the country must move to swiftly implement new reforms that ensure sustainable, inclusive long-term growth and better resilience to external shocks, the Paris-based OECD says in its latest Economic Survey of the Czech Republic.

The report, presented in Prague on Friday by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas (Civic Democrats, ODS) shows that the ongoing recovery has been weaker than in neighboring EU countries, constraining the pace of convergence in Czech income levels with those of more prosperous European countries.

“Growth and improvements in living standards will depend on the transition to a more innovative, skill-based and energy-efficient economy,” Gurría said in prepared remarks (the text of his full speech is available here).

According to the OECD, worsening trade performance and declining domestic demand will limit Czech economic growth, with significant downside risks linked to the continuing international slowdown and the outlook for the euro area.

“The current short-term growth outlook for the Czech Republic depends to a large extent on external conditions, which is normal for a small open economy. We project output growth to slow down to 1.6% in 2012 from about 2.1% in 2011, but there are important downside risks related to the outlook for the euro area and global economy at large,” Gurría said.

The OECD is therefore encouraging the Czech Republic to maintain momentum behind reforms aimed at enhancing competitiveness and long-term growth. The reform program should build on existing efforts to improve the business environment, strengthen the education system and promote innovation in line with the recently adopted Competitiveness Strategy, it said.

The Czech Republic has set itself the target of becoming one of the world's top 20 competitive countries in the near future. “It is a fantastic aspiration, but it can be done,” said the OECD Secretary-General.

A special chapter of the Survey underlines the need to strengthen the country’s fiscal framework through the introduction of an explicit debt target and the establishment of an independent institution to monitor and assess the state of public finances, the OECD said in a press release.

The chapter also provides guidance for phasing in planned reforms in the health care and pension systems, including the creation of a new, voluntary, defined-contribution retirement pillar. “We support the Government’s current efforts to improve the Czech health care system. The proposal to strengthen competition among the health insurance funds and among service providers is welcome,” Gurría said in his speech.

Refernet CZ issued the new updated report on Vocational education and training in the Czech Republic (Country report) for 2011. This country report is part of a series of reports on vocational education and training produced for each EU Member State plus Norway and Iceland by members of ReferNet, a network established by Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training).

• Download the report in PDF
• Visit the section Description of the VET system in the Czech republic