Amendment approved granting more foreigners right to education

The Czech president Vaclav Klaus has signed an amendment which grants foreigners better access to education in the Czech Republic. According to the amendment, not only EU citizens, but all those with residency permits for longer than 90 days will be able to attend Czech schools under the same conditions as Czech students. Children of foreigners illegally living in the Czech Republic will also be able to attend elementary schools. The previous law gave only EU citizens or people with permanent residency the right to study at Czech schools, but human rights organizations said that this denied children their right to an education, and breached the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.