(source: Sme - Marko Erd)
"Deficiencies in Slovak language classes manifest themselves in everyday life, from shopping for groceries to filling out official forms," warns František Brezo, president of the Hungarian High School Students Alliance in Slovakia, in response to the results of a survey among Hungarian secondary school students in the country.
The survey concerned the teaching and knowledge of Slovak. Students rated the quality of Slovak education with 5.3 points out of 10.
"Insufficient vocabulary and a lack of practice often discourages students from representative functions or public appearances conducted in Slovak. Like this, they lose many opportunities to express themselves," adds Brezo.
In total, 557 students from 36 schools from all Slovak regions took part in the survey, with girls comprising two thirds of them. Two-thirds were students of Hungarian high schools, one-third attend vocational schools, 43 percent live in towns, the rest in the countryside.
The results also show that there are no big differences at the regional level. "However, we can say that the results were at least better in the Bratislava and Košice Regions," says Brezo.
