Education minister wants electronic state leaving exams

The Ministry of Education is proposing electronic state leaving exams as part of a process to simplify and decentralise the system. After an hour-long meeting with President Václav Klaus, Education Minister Josef Dobeš told reporters that they had fully agreed the administrative demands of leaving exams were a major problem. Mr Dobeš supported the reintroduction of state leaving exams next year shortly after assuming office and the proposal was approved by the Parliament. President Klaus has opposed their centralised compilation however, preferring they be made by individual schools. The president and the other coalition parties have also opposed the Public Affairs minister’s plan to make the last year of nursery mandatory for all children.