The cost of education in the Czech Republic has more than doubled since 2000, according to figures from the Czech Statistical Office (ČSU).
Czech families spent more than 6 billion Kč on education ten years ago, and today that number is closer to 14 billion Kč.
Though not the single most exacting period on parents’ budgets, university expenses are quickly increasing. According to ČSU, university costs grew by an “unimaginable” 23 percent last year. Though this can be partly attributed to increasing numbers of university students, representatives of the ČSU added that the cost for the individual pupil has gone up by 15 percent.
Increasing expense will likely translate to decreasing access, something that doesn’t mesh well with politicians’ prattling about making the country a research and development center.
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