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Minister Radovan Fuchs said that no student will remain unenrolled in high school because there are enough places, he assessed the entrance exam in eight Zagreb gymnasiums for which there is the greatest interest as a good solution, and he also claimed that there is currently no need for a small graduation.
In a statement to reporters after the Government session, the Minister of Science, Education and Youth referred to certain assessments that the "flood" of the number of super-excellent students affects the possibility of enrolling in secondary schools, saying that there are absolutely enough places in secondary schools. "So, for sure, no child will remain unenrolled," he said.
He also pointed out that with the implementation of national exams (4th and 8th grade), a slight decrease in the number of super-excellent students was recorded throughout Croatia.
The pressure on enrollment, he said, exists primarily in Zagreb in the eight gymnasiums where there is the greatest rush, but this does not mean, he repeated, that there are not enough places for enrollment in gymnasiums.
"On the contrary, we encourage enrollment in gymnasium programs, not to mention secondary vocational schools," he added.
In these eight Zagreb gymnasiums, he said, the Ministry approved the introduction of an entrance exam. "And they agreed, which I think is very good, that it should be unique. Children will write it in the school of their first choice, and it will be valid for everyone else. And with such an approach, it is possible for someone who is not a superstar to achieve the maximum number of points and enroll, despite the fact that there is no 5.0 from the beginning to the end of education)," he said.
He also commented on the suggestions to apply the national exams as a small graduation exam and said that they currently believe that there is no need for such a thing.
"And whether such a need will arise one day, we can discuss and see. But, just because the whole system is completely well-established, if one day something like this would be applied, there would be no problem," he added.
