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Private and Church Schools May Lose Subsidies

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The government of Andrej Babiš (ANO) is looking at ways to save billions of crowns from the budget of the Ministry of Education. It would like to cut subsidies that private and church schools receive for their activities. The Prime Minister does not like the fact that the state subsidizes schools that also collect tuition fees from parents. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (ANO) estimated the current annual costs at approximately 21 billion cr…

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The abolition of the Cermat organization, which prepares high school graduation tests and entrance exams for the state, would make no sense. This was stated by Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) on Monday in response to the words of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO).

There is tension between Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) over the budget proposal for next year. The Prime Minister took an unusually harsh line against the Minister in front of the cameras at a press conference after a government meeting. The dispute is, among other things, over the three billion crowns that Plaga believes are missing from the proposal for financing non-state, i.e. private and chu…

Prague - Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) does not oppose the debate on the financing of private and church schools, but insists that, according to the current legislation, he lacks money for them in the 2027 budget. He told journalists at the Ministry of Education today. According to Plaga, private secondary schools provide some irreplaceable roles in the regions, and there are also private special schools. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš …

The abolition of the state organisation Cermat, which the prime minister called for on Sunday, would not make sense, according to Education Minister Roberto Plaga (for ANO). Cermat prepares tests for both secondary school uniform entrance exams and high school graduation exams. Babiš justified his opinion, among other things, by the fact that parents pay tens of thousands of crowns for courses that prepare their children for Cermat tests. But ac…

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) would be in favor of abolishing the state organization Cermat, which prepares tests for unified entrance exams for high schools and school-leaving exams. Babiš justified this by, among other things, the fact that parents pay tens of thousands of crowns for courses that prepare their children for Cermat tests. He stated this in a video on Instagram today. Cermat is a contributory organization of the Ministry of E…

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Deník.cz broke the news on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
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