Competitiveness / Education
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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EC 2016 Education and Training Monitor: Czech Rep: Educated population, but adults’ participation in learning falls
The European Commission presented their 2016 Education and Training Monitor, an EC staff working document that presents a yearly evaluation of education and training systems across Europe. In the Czech Republic, the share of vocational education & training students in secondary student population is above the EU average, employment rate of those with tertiary education, incl. recent graduates, is high, population of low-skilled workers is among the lowest in the EU. Still, the adults' participation in learning has dropped.
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Times Higher Education's World University Ranking 2016-2017: 12 Czech universities among top 978 globally
The Times Higher Education's World University Ranking 2016-2017 ranks 978 universities around the world, and just under 400 are universities in Europe. Czech universities' ranking inside.
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OECD Education at a Glance 2016: Countries must step up their efforts to improve the quality and equity of their education systems
Czech students are increasingly internationally mobile, Czech teachers are generally older and paid less. As of 2015, 22% of 25-64 year-olds in the Czech Republic had attained tertiary education, which is lower than the OECD average of 35%. But compared with a full-time, full-year worker who has attained upper secondary education, tertiary educated Czechs in 2013 earned almost twice as much, or 92% more, recently published OECD Education at a Glance 2016 report says.
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