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Charles University PragueFaculty of Education
EDUCATION POLICY CENTRE
Malátova 17, 150 00 Praha 5Tel.: +420 221 900 513e-mail: [email protected]
Access and equityTertiary Education in the Czech Republic
OECD Tertiary Education Review
Jan Koucký
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
Access to tertiary education• Low rates of tertiary educated in adult population
(historically given)
• Rapid expansion of student places: their number doubled in ten years (1995-2005)
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Equity of access• Strong relationship between social background
and participation in tertiary education
• Inequity rooted predominantly in social and cultural factors
• As experienced early in life, they have to be addressed also at lower education levels
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
Factors affecting equity• In Czech society (and HEI´s) equity is not
recognised as a major concern
• Limited aspirations and expectations of less privileged students, not stimulated by the school
• Weak co-ordination between secondary and tertiary education
• Limited financial and social support for students
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
OECD Recommendations 1• To raise academic aspirations of students whose
families have no tradition of tertiary education+ to be added: Also other interventions are necessary
(starting at pre-primary level)
• To strengthen co-ordination between secondary and tertiary education (e.g. number of study places to meet students´ demand, right kinds of study places to meet demand of students and labour market)
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
OECD Recommendations 2• To provide targeted financial support: Need-based
Scholarships (establishing a need-and-merit-based programme for at-risk groups, multiplying the scope of the new scholarship programme)
• To encourage institutions to improve equity: Graduate Equity Incentives (for increasing the numbers of graduates from disadvantaged groups)
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
OECD Recommendations 3When introducing private contributions, it will be
necessary:
• To establish institutional waivers (for targeted groups of students)
• To implement a student loan programme (as a supplementary measure for those who do not qualify for waivers; considering more models, including HECS etc.)
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
Thank you for your attention!
Contacts:
Jan Koucký, Education Policy Centre Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague
Malátova 17, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221900513 E-mail: [email protected]
Jan Koucký
Access and equityTertiary education in the Czech Republic
Conference on OECD Czech Country Note29 November 2006, Ministry of Education, Prague
