Several hundred people protest in Prague for increase in higher education funding

Several hundred people, including students, university employees and school union members, attended a protest in the centre of Prague on Monday afternoon calling for an increase in higher education funding. Their demands included an increase of CZK 11 billion in funding for the humanities and a plan to stabilise funding for 2025 to 2030.

The protest began at 4pm with speeches on Jan Palach Square in front of Charles University's Faculty of Arts building. The protestors then marched to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the seat of the Czech government, the Straka Academy.

The demonstration, named "System Collapse", was organised by the Hour of Truth, a movement which has organised several protests over the last year against the chronic underfunding of the humanities in Czechia.