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The Second Foreign Language Will Be Optional, Not Mandatory, in Elementary Schools, Plaga Decided

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A second foreign language in primary schools will not be mandatory, but a mandatory elective. Schools will have to offer it, but pupils will be able to choose whether to choose it or not. At the same time, schools will not have to teach pupils English from the first grade. This follows from a letter from Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) to school principals, which is available to ČTK. Plaga wants to leave it up to schools to decide how …
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A second foreign language in primary schools will not be mandatory, but a mandatory elective. Schools will have to offer it, but pupils will be able to choose whether to choose it or not. At the same time, schools will not have to teach pupils English from the first grade. This follows from a letter from Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) to school principals, which is available to ČTK. Plaga wants to leave it up to schools to decide how …

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A second foreign language in primary schools will not be mandatory, but a mandatory elective. Schools will have to offer it, but pupils will be able to choose whether to choose it or not. At the same time, schools will not have to teach pupils English from the first grade. This follows from a letter from Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) to school principals, which is available to ČTK. Plaga wants to leave it up to schools to decide how …

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Prague - A second foreign language in primary schools will not be mandatory, but a mandatory elective. Schools will have to offer it, but pupils will be able to choose whether to choose it or not. At the same time, schools will not have to teach pupils English from the first grade. This follows from a letter from Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) to school principals, which is available to ČTK. Plaga wants to leave it up to schools to de…

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All children were to be required to learn English from the first grade, as well as a second foreign language from the seventh grade, as part of a planned education reform. Before the change came into effect, Education Minister Robert Plaga (ANO) canceled it.

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seznamzpravy.cz broke the news on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
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