Almost half of Slovaks concur that the top priority subjects that should be taught in schools in the future are foreign languages and financial literacy, indicates a survey conducted by the Go4insight agency. The study of foreign languages was deemed as the most important among 12 listed subjects by 20% of respondents aged 15-79 and selected among the top three subjects by 47% of respondents. The second most weighty subject was that of financial literacy, seen as being in the top three by 45% of the people.
Taking up the third place was the category of IT skills, programming, the understanding of media and social networks as well as the capability of critical thinking - the problem solving and interpretation of facts. About a third of the population would welcome it if these skills were taught and honed in schools.
The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,000 respondents aged 15-79 in late July-early August.
Source: TASR
