The system for further adult education in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

The thesis is about the very current issue of lifelong learning in the Czech and Slovak Republics. This thesis evaluates the educational systems and the progress in the area of lifelong learning implementation in both countries. The author dedicates the introductory chapters to theoretical bases of the thesis such as issues of investments in human capital and education, motivation for learning, and establishing definitions on lifelong learning in the CZ and SK. There are further introduced Strategies on lifelong learning in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as the first complete schemes to modify the whole educational systems. An important chapter is the fourth chapter, which evaluates the Strategies of CZ and SK, and reports on a successful application of preset goals in this area, including their ability to draw financial support from the European funds. The closest attention is dedicated to graduates from universities and their applicability in the job market in relation to their ability to speak foreign languages; and the overall cost of the tertiary education in relation to the growing number of people with university degrees