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They are accompanied by stress and families reach deep into their pockets because of them. This applies to entrance exams not only for high schools, but also for universities. However, Education Minister Robert Plaga (ANO) wants to change this. So that students have a chance at a university education regardless of how much money they have. According to him, this is primarily a task for the universities themselves, but the current system suits them.
Without her parents’ support, Kateřina would not have been able to apply to university at all. The faculties she chose did not create their own entrance exams, but used the National Comparative Exams from SCIO. These are paid for according to the number of attempts you take. “I took four attempts to improve my results and have a chance of getting somewhere. The year before last, one exam cost about 800 crowns. Now it’s even more. Add to that the purchase of exercise books and the money for the admissions process itself,” Kateřina describes. The entrance exams cost her about five thousand crowns.
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