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All you need to know about education in Czechia

The Czech Republic is the Guest of Honour at the 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair. To mark this occasion, Education Worldwide offers an overview of key websites regarding the Czech education system. Resources include general overviews of the system, ministry websites, information on Czech education policy, statistics and performance studies, websites of university institutes for educational science, and sites belonging to organisations, professional associations, and trade unions. The focus is on information that is freely and openly accessible.

 

Overviews of the education system in the Czech Republic

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Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe in its "Eurypedia". All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a [...]

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This OECD webpage is part of the "Education GPS" platform and presents information from the "Education at a Glance" (EAG) publication in a different format. It provides information on Czechia's education system and education indicators, including a schematic diagram, education statistics, and more. The interactive site allows users to [...]

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PEER is the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). In contrast to these, PEER focuses more strongly on the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) and on achieving Sustainable [...]

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"The Education and Training Monitor is the European Commission’s annual report on EU education and training systems, and their progress towards achieving the EU-level targets." In addition to the comprehensive comparative report, there are country reports. Past publications starting in 2022 can also be found on the current country [...]

Ministries, Authorities & Education Policy

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The English website of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports provides brief information about the Ministry itself as well as scholarships in the field of education. The Czech site additionally offers information on: education and youth, funding and legislation, registers and statistics, research and development, EU and [...]

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The database Planipolis provides official fulltext documents on educational policy and planning from UNESCO member states. For Czechia you can find documents starting in the year 1998. Planipolis is provided by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

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The Czech National Agency for International Education and Research is "a publicly-funded organisation falling under the competence of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. [Its] main objective is to facilitate international cooperation in education and to encourage as many different individuals and institutions as possible to [...]

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"The Center [for the Assessment of Educational Results] is a directly managed organisation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, whose task is, among other things, to ensure the organisation of the common part of the school-leaving examination and the unified entrance examination as part of the admission procedure for [...]

Education Statistics & Performance Studies

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The Website of the Czech Statistical Office provides ample statistics in the following categories:

* Early childhood, primary, and secondary education
* Tertiary education
* Educational personnel and their wages
* Expenditure on education
* Lifelong learning
[Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

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This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Czechia's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, PIAAC ...) as well as their educational statistics (Education at a Glance, EAG) with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create [...]

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This interactive website is provided by the OECD. It can be used to compare Czechia's results from different international educational assessments (PISA, TALIS, PIAAC ...) as well as their educational statistics (Education at a Glance, EAG) with that of the average OECD results or with the results of other countries. You can create [...]

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Official OECD page with all PISA results, country notes, and more regarding the Czech Republic. The page is provided as part of the OECD’s "Education GPS." [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Educational Research & Universities

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The website is available in German, English, and Czech, with the Czech version being the most comprehensive. The German and English sites provide information about the institute, its functions, and international projects. The English site also features news updates, while the Czech site additionally offers, among other things, a [...]

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CHES is a public research institution established in 1991 by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Its mission is to conduct basic and applied research in Czech higher education. The website provides information on CHES research and projects as well as multiple publications. CHES also organises the international conference DisCo [...]

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Charles University in Prague is the largest and oldest university in the Czech Republic. Its Faculty of Education comprises a total of 20 departments, an Institute for Research and Development in Education, and other units, including an Centre for Support and Development of Pedagogical Practices and an Education Policy Centre. The [...]

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Palacký University Olomouc is the second-oldest university in the Czech Republic. The Faculty of Education comprises more than 10 departments and two centers: the Centre for Lifelong Learning and the Centre for the Prevention of Risky Virtual Communication. In addition, the faculty operates three research centers: the Institute for [...]

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The Faculty of Education at Masaryk University in Brno comprises more than 15 departments as well as two research institutes: the Institute for Research in School Education and the Institute for Research in Inclusive Education. Furthermore, the website provides information on studying at the faculty as well as on research and [...]

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Mendel University in Brno is a university specialising in agriculture. Its Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILL) "was established in 2003, and since 2006 is an independent university institute of Mendel University in Brno. The main goal of the Institute is the realization of research and educational activities that respond to the [...]

Organisations, Professional Associations & Trade Unions

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"The Czech Educational Research Association (CERA/ČAPV) is a professional organization whose mission is to improve the quality of education through educational research, to promote the exchange of information among educational researchers, and to disseminate the findings of educational research and highlight their contribution to [...]

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"The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established [in 1992] as the ... successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. It is set up as a complex of 54 public research institutions. The Academy employs over 8,000 employees, more than a half of whom are researchers with university degrees. The primary mission of the CAS and [...]

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"The Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů, ČMKOS) is the largest trade union headquarters in the Czech Republic. [Their] mission is mainly to defend the labor, economic, social and other rights and interests of employees at the national level." The following trade [...]

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Since its creation in 1994 as a non-profit organisation, the National Training Fund in the Czech Republic has been engaged in the enhancement of quality and effectiveness of human resource development, lifelong learning development, support of employment and social development on the national level. It aspires to promote the importance [...]

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"The Student Chamber of the Council of Universities is the national representation of university students in the Czech Republic. (...) The [Chamber] is part of the Council of Universities, which, together with the Czech Rectors’ Conference, officially represents universities in [Czechia]." The website provides information for [...]

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"Czech Rectors Conference is a representative body of Czech Republic higher education institutions consisting of these institutions representatives. Currently it has 43 members, rectors of all public, all state and more than half of private higher education institutions." The Rectors Conference officially represents universities in [...]

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The association's primary goal and mission is to foster the development of professionally oriented higher education. The website, which is available only in Czech, provides information on its numerous projects as well as news on the subject [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

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"The Czech High School Union, zs, is an independent association defending and promoting the interests and rights of secondary school students at the national level. (...) [They] maintain a dialogue with the Ministry of Education and the Education Committee in the Chamber of Deputies [and] organise round tables on education. At the [...]

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Teach Live is "a non-profit organization with a team of experts that strives to modernize Czech education." This is implemented through a series of training and professional development programs for teachers, career changers entering the teaching profession, and school leadership teams. The English website consists primarily of an [...]