Education Minister slams accreditation commission for jumping the gun

Education Minister Josef Dobeš has slammed the head of the Czech Accreditation Commission Vladimíra Dvořáková for jumping the gun on the fate of the Plzen Faculty of Law. Mr. Dobeš said it was inexcusable that the media had been informed about the verdict before it was officially disclosed to the Law Faculty itself. The commission has refused to extend the accreditation of the faculty’s undergraduate programme, a move that will effectively close down the school, meaning that around 1,600 undergraduate students will have to complete their studies elsewhere. Vladimira Dvořáková said the committee was obliged to provide the information and she had answered questions from the media in order to avoid the spread of rumours.