Survey: Slovaks trust schools less in their ability to prepare youth for life

The confidence of Slovaks in the ability of schools to prepare young people for life and the future has declined, according to the results of a survey by the Environmental and Ethical Education Centre Zivica on a sample of 1,000 people. While in 2018 more than half of the people polled (53 percent) believed that schools were preparing children well for life after 2030, this opinion now stands only at 22 percent.

"More than half of the respondents in 2024 want the curriculum to be more aligned with the needs of the future and to focus more on the new types of careers that will be needed in the future, which were also the wishes of the majority of the people polled in 2018. Compared to the 2018 survey, the importance of focusing on soft skills such as communication skills, collaboration and critical thinking has increased significantly," CEEV Zivica head Zuzana Labasova told a press conference.

The ideal teacher, according to the public, should have equal attitude to all pupils and let them come up with their own solutions so that they can understand what they are learning.

Source: TASR