Bratislava, December 29 (TASR-SLOVAKIA) - Education Minister Jan Mikolaj said on Monday that he plans to finance equipment for Slovak schools mainly via national projects financed by EU funds.
Slovakia can draw nearly Sk *** billion (€****million) from the EU within the Operational Programme Education.
Mikolaj wants schools to obtain new equipment and information technology via non-returnable financial contributions.
The minister is convinced that if his new school reforms hadn't been launched in September 2008, financial assistance from the EU wouldn't be possible. "If we hadn't launched them, we wouldn't be able to inter-connect the changes under preparation with the financial assistance from the EU to which Slovakia is eligible in the 2007-13 programme period," he told SLOVAKIA.
"Schools are gradually joining the creation of projects, and some of them have already managed to acquire financial support from the EU," said the minister.
In the first round of applications, primary schools acquired a total of **** million (€***million), while secondary schools obtained Sk*** million (€**** million). At the same time, 11 universities received Sk ** billion (€***** million) in support of infrastructure development.
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I can appreciate how this leader thinks. He would like kids from his area to be a bit more intelligent. I would too.
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