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Jurzyca: Gov't Careful when Permitting Start-ups of Private Universities
Sunday 02 January 2011 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 2 (TASR) - The Government is very careful when giving permits to private universities, Education Minister Eugen Jurzyca (SDKU-DS) has told TASR.
"This is due to the risk of the 'inflation' of university degrees," he said, adding that the issue doesn't concern state money as private universities don't get any - apart from scholarships.
According to Jurzyca, university diplomas on the labour market have the same value. "They (the degrees) don't facilitate distinguishing between those students who studied diligently and those who didn't," said Jurzyca. He added that the risk (of degree inflation) is quite high today, and that "the Government is careful, very careful when approving any new private universities."
Jurzyca at the same time stressed that the Government doesn't have problems with the conception of private ownership (of schools). He explained that in the education market there is a great "information inequality" and that the ministry is trying to address this by thoroughly assessing the quality of universities. "The better we're able to measure the quality of universities, the easier can we allow new ones (to be established)," he said.
There are currently ten private universities in Slovakia.
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