Students protest against closure of study programme

Around 200 students protested outside the Ministry of Education in Prague on Saturday against a decision by the university Accreditation Committee. The committee has demanded the closure of the advanced pedagogical studies offered by the Jan Amos Komenský University. Many of the students are teachers who have only eight months to complete the obligatory course. The ministry is seeking to place them with other education facilities after finding failings with the course offered. Minister of Education Kateřina Valachová said there was no way to go back on the committee decision.

Author: Chris Johnstone