Rectors demand university funding raise of 5% annually

The Slovak Rectors Conference at a session in Banská Bystrica earlier this week demanded that the state increase the funding of universities by 5 percent which translates into €20 million each year over the next few years. Only an increase by the aforementioned yearly figure can ensure that the funding of Slovak universities matches in relative figures the levels seen in the other Visegrad Four countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland), said , conference president Rudolf Kropil.