Record number of students to enter Czech universities

A record number of almost 100,000 students will enter Czech universities in the next academic year beginning in autumn, the daily Hospodarske noviny reported. Each year, the number of students attending universities in the Czech Republic rises by about 10,000. Two months ago, however, the Ministry of Education announced that this will not be possible due to the lack of finances. On Wednesday, Education Minister Dana Kuchtová, of the Green Party, said that the Finance Ministry will release about one billion crowns for the purposes of university education which should cover the costs of an additional 10,000 students. University rectors claim that the amount to be released is still far from sufficient.