Vítězslav Slíva is ministerial Councillor in the Department of Strategy and analytics of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. He is also representing his country in the expert working group set up by the European Commission on Schools - learning for sustainability.
In this TALK, he shares with us the strategy and initiatives of the Czech Republic education ministry regarding sustainable education. He explains how his country is having a long term plan (10 years) and is now reaching the second implementation part of this whole strategy with sustainable education being tackled as a cross-cutting topic. Recommendations will follow at state level but also at municipality and school level. Note that schools in Czech Republic are able to define their own curriculum beyond the curriculum framework decided at national level.
Czech Republic is also currently going through a revision of the curricula of elementary schools and the ministry is looking after the concrete implementation at school level. But Vítězslav also touches upon the issue of teachers training, decarbonisation of the school infrastructure and implementation of the policies counting on an efficient collaboration between various ministries and services, but also between policy experts, academics, NGOs and practitioners acting on the ground in order to avoid the disconnection between policy level and classrooms as it happens maybe too often.
QUESTIONS
01:20 What is happening in Czech Republic in terms of green education? Can you give us a rapid overview of the main initiatives and programmes on ESD led by the education ministry and the objectives you are trying to reach?
10:15 How do you foster collaboration to implement your policies? What was the main driver of success of your policy implementation?
13:20 What are the challenges you faced or are still facing to implement your policies? What are your recommendations on the ways to overcome these challenges?
More information:
1. You can access a series of strategic documents prepared by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on the direction taken by educational policies in the Czech Republic's education system here: https://www.edu.cz/strategie-msmt/
2. You can read the long term plan for education and development of the educational system of the Czech Republic for the period 2023-2027 (approved by the Czech government in December 2023) here: https://www.edu.cz/strategie-msmt/dlouhodobe-zamery-cr-a-kraju/dz-cr-20…
3. Access more information about the European working group on Schools/learning for sustainability here: https://education.ec.europa.eu/about-eea/working-groups?#Environmental
Are you interested to watch previous episodes? Check the Education for Climate Talks
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