Acronyms and abbreviations
Country Background Report
Centrum pro zjišťování výsledků vzdělávání – Centre for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
Česká školní inspekce – Czech School Inspectorate
EU Country Specific Recommendations
European Commission
Economic, Social and Cultural Status
European Union
Framework Education Programme
Full Time Equivalent
Gross Domestic Product
Information and Communication Technologies
International Standard Classification of Education
Krajská zařízení ústavní výchovy – Regional Institutional Care Facilities
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Národní institut pro další vzdělávání – National Institute for Further Education
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Národní ústav pro vzdělávání – National Institute of Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Other Non-Investment Expenditures
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment
Purchasing Power Parities
Special Educational Needs
School Registry of Schools and School Facilities
School Strategic Development Plan
School Educational Programme
Střední odborné školy – Secondary Technical Schools
Střední odborné učiliště – Secondary Vocational Schools
Strategy for Education Policy of the Czech Republic until 2020
OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey
United Nations Development Programme
Vocational Education and Training
The names of the fourteen Czech regions are presented in English in this report, as follows: