General Aims of Education

In accordance with the General Declaration of Human Rights and other international pacts, the European Charter of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Children, the Constitution of the Czech Republic, and the Paper of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, the Czech Republic aligns itself with the idea that education is one of the basic human rights of all human beings without distinction and declares that education is an inalienable and universal human value. The aims of education must therefore be derived from both individual and social needs. Education is related not only to knowledge and learning, i.e. the development of intellectual abilities, but also to the acquisition of social and other skills, spiritual, moral and aesthetic values, and desirable relations with other people and society as a whole, to emotional and volitional development, and last but not least to the ability to survive in the changing conditions of employment and the labour market. These are the reasons why education is now multi-dimensional, aimed at personal development, social integration, the formation of citizens and preparation for working life. The education system consequently focuses on the following aims:

– The development of human personality, which presupposes concern for the preservation of an individual's physical and mental health, involves the cultivation and support of self-fulfilment for every individual, and the maximum utilisation of his or her abilities.