Václav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, appointed new rector












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            * Václav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, appointed new rector
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            On January 14th, Václav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, appointed thirteen new

            institutions of higher education, including Václav Hampl, the rector of Charles University
            The ceremony, held at the Prague Castle, brought together the highest officials of thirtee
            universities, five of which are headquartered in Prague. The appointed rectors will assume

            February 1, 2010.
            Václav Hampl was elected for his second term as a rector of the oldest Czech university by
            Senate of Charles University on October 22, 2009. Along with the other rectors, he was off

            rector by the president Václav Klaus.
            At the ceremony, Mr. Hampl said on the behalf of the newly appointed rectors: “Our society

            regarding higher education have not changed much since the late 1990's. The prevalent noti
            Master's programme graduate with a degree that pretty much guarantees a job and makes him 
            and invincible on the labour market. But it is no news to us that in real life, different 

            good at different things. What needs to be done now is to adjust conditions, legislation a
            this reality. Without that, it would be very difficult to push for better quality of educa
            pressure of increasing numbers of students.”


            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch