Inspectors: Czech schools still have difficulties nurturing country’s young talent

The Czech school system is still having difficulties with sufficiently developing its brightest students, representatives of the Czech School Inspectorate said at a press conference on Wednesday. While elementary and high schools officially register around 42,000 gifted and 1,000 exceptionally gifted students, inspectors believe that this number is closer to 180,000.

Teachers often do not know how to recognise talent in their students or do not know how to support it, according to the inspectorate.

The conclusions are based upon a survey conducted among 3,300 elementary and 1,020 high schools, as well as upon more than 1,000 school visits conducted by the agency.