The gates of elementary and secondary schools are reopening after two months of summer holidays on Monday. The school year 2025/2026 starts for more than 530,000 elementary school pupils and more than 220,000 high school students. For the first time, around 62,400 freshmen sit in the benches. This was stated for TASR from the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic.
- The school year 2025/2026 begins after the summer holidays.
- More than 750,000 pupils will enter primary and secondary schools.
- The new school educational program introduces a curricular reform in schools.
- Half -year holidays and new rules of justification are news.
- Police ensure the safety of children around school zones.
In the new school year, about half of the elementary schools have been passing into a new school educational program since September, thus joining a curricular reform. There is still a ban on the use of mobile phones for younger pupils. The news is again Introducing half -year holidays or changes in the system of justified hours.
The spokeswoman of the Presidium of the Police Force Lea Vilhanová for TASR confirmed that Police oversee the safety of children around schools and pedestrian crossings during the first school days. He asks drivers to be patient, considerate and count on the increased movement of children at schools.
