Dominant English among school leavers

A total of 43,605 secondary school leavers are about to take the so-called external form of secondary school leaving examinations this year. Education Ministry informed on Wednesday that more than 80 percent of the students will be sitting final exams in English.
According to the National Institute for Certified Evaluations in Education, which draws up the final tests, the English language has confirmed its dominant position among foreign languages. It is followed by German and Russian. The secondary school leaving examinations are set to take place between March 13-16. Students in Slovakia take secondary school leaving examinations in four subjects, of which Slovak language and literature and one foreign language are mandatory. The remaining two subjects are optional. In Slovakia it is possible to take secondary school leaving examinations in English at B1, B2 and C1 levels.