Education

News on schools and education policy in Slovakia

Dialects: can west understand east?

Some dialect variations can be limited to one village.

Eric Smillie
Jozef Tancer.

Slovakia needs smart young people from abroad. This academic’s saying it out loud

Jozef Tancer on double standards, English in academia, and why foreigners still want to study here.

Kristína Kúdelová
Early Years at The British International School Bratislava.

The importance of outdoor learning in the early years

Outdoor learning supports children's physical, emotional, cognitive, and social benefits for overall growth and well-being.

Rose Winter
A teacher reads instructions before the written part of the Slovak language and literature school-leaving exam at Ján Adam Rayman Grammar School in Prešov, eastern Slovakia, on March 11, 2025.

Think your English is good? Try passing this 90-question test in 150 minutes

Over 36,000 students sat the English exam on Wednesday.

Not everyone wants to be packed. My colleague tells me that men, often "aspoň trochu pod parou" ("at least a bit drunk"), have a habit of feeding her bad pick-up lines about how beautiful her eyes are.

Slovak romance: What to say when flirting, dating, or dumping

In Slovakia, you don’t just flirt – you "hook" (zháčiť) or "pack" (zbaliť). Here’s the slang you need to play the game – or decode it.

Eric Smillie
Bratislava vs Dublin

Bratislava people unfriendly, claims Irish-language course

Unflattering words for "an Bhrataslaív".

Who is Helena? Do you know about Helena? Discover the secret behind this name.

‘Who is Helena?’ takes players on an illuminating journey

A digital game brings totalitarian Czechoslovakia to life.

Director of Studia Academica Slovaca, Michaela Mošaťová, during the opening of the Slovak language and culture summer school, Studia Academica Slovaca, in Bratislava on July 31, 2023.

Inspired by foreigners, Professor leads centre improving Slovak language education for them

Associate Professor Michaela Mošaťová says there is no officially specified qualification for lecturers of Slovak as a foreign language.

Renáta Hall

Universities’ rankings should be taken with a pinch of salt, says education expert 

Renáta Hall talks about data that show how Slovak students choose whether to study abroad or in Slovakia. 

Michaela Dúbravka Džomeková

The importance of Design Education in schools

Design Education, introduced into school curricula over two decades ago, remains relatively unknown outside the education community.

Peter Metcalfe
University of Economics in Bratislava

New higher education legislation aims at better management of universities 

Opposition says amendment will drive more young people out of the country. 

Why a hologram might be your next teacher—and that’s not a bad thing

Mária Virčíková of Matsuko explores a future where VR merges with human presence in education and training.

Mária Virčíková
Demanding university courses are one of the reasons young people, not just in Slovakia, shied away from certain fields of work.

Studying difficult subjects at university pays off, HR experts say

Tech means some professions are disappearing, while new ones are being created.

Teacher Martina Gánovská.

Martina Gánovská: Students beat climate anxiety by looking for solutions

Award-winning teacher on her hands-on approach to learning.

Bratislava.

Bratislava among capitals with very high English proficiency

Slovakia had slightly worse results than last year.

Students at Bílikova Gymnázium in Bratislava dress as pensioners, holding a sign reading "I love Fico" on October 31, 2024.

Interior minister outraged over students’ ‘I love Fico’ pensioner costume

A Bratislava high school is caught in a political storm after students dressed as pensioners for Halloween.

Olívia Zacharová is one of seven girls studying at Dual Academy, a private secondary vocational school for automotive engineering in Bratislava.

The school where girls fulfil their “male” dreams

Girls studying technical fields encourage other girls to do the same.

Students who are adept at the process of self-awareness, self-management and regulation can be more independent and ultimately more successful.

Futureproofing our children for an uncertain world

The pace of global change is now dictating that skills development is more important than the traditional view of education being about recall of knowledge.

Fiona Shanks and 2 more
Students taking part in the Maturita school leaving exam.

Try this year's Maturita exam

Wednesday saw Slovak students take foreign language exams.

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