<![CDATA[Lukas Palecek : Weblog items tagged with Czech]]> http://elearningblogs.education.ed.ac.uk/oldelgg/elgg/lukaspalecek/weblog/ <![CDATA[Czech Education heavily underfinanced]]> http://elearningblogs.education.ed.ac.uk/oldelgg/elgg/lukaspalecek/weblog/6109.html http://elearningblogs.education.ed.ac.uk/oldelgg/elgg/lukaspalecek/weblog/6109.html Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:23:02 GMT I have been in touch with the education system in my country for all of my life. Both of my parents have worked for over 30 years as teachers and teachnig assistants and I first taught English at an elementary school at the age of 20. Yes, I did get hired to one of downtown Prague's primaries  for about 350 EUR a month. Then, it was a good start for a student in Prague. However, some of my colleagues were not much better off and had already finished their studies and wanted to start families. I have never understood how these people survived in one of the most expensive cities in Europe. Well, they did it somehow.

And that is how the schools do it - somehow. It is no surprise to me that the schools I work with are underfinanced. To see the numbers, however, always makes one more conscious about the real state of the matter. No government in the last 20 years has been able to give education a real priority status. 

You can read the full report on the level of school funding in Czechia HERE.

 Even in the given circumstances I stay optimistic and believe in change. Would you like an LMS installation?

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