Events

8. 9. 2010

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the Government

Also for the school year 2010/2011, the Information Centre of the Government of the Czech Republic has prepared number of seminars, lectures and forums for students of elementary and secondary schools and universities.

 

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentMain tasks of the Information Centre of the Government of the Czech Republic is to inform the public with activities of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, to improve the communication between the Office of the Government and citizens and to provide information on activities of advisory and working bodies of the Office of the Government.

One of possibilities how to achieve this objective is to open the Office of the Government to the public through a cycle of educational programmes and establishing cooperation with elementary schools, grammar schools and universities. Our objective is to present the Information Centre of the Government, as an institution which actively cooperates with schools and which is an asset for education of children and youth, and to bring it to the notice of teachers.

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentIn this respect, we offer the educational activities of the Information Centre of the Government as a support of education in the sphere Man and Society, and in particular in the educational programme Education for Citizenship at elementary schools and Civic and Social Science-Related Basis at grammar schools.

Lectures for Schools

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentSimilarly as in the last year, when in the newly opened Information Centre of the Government in Vladislavova Street in Prague nearly 900 students of elementary and secondary schools and universities attended our lectures, we have prepared for the new school year 2010/2011 a cycle of lectures aimed at activities of the government and its working and advisory bodies.

Lectures for students of elementary and secondary schools are scheduled for Fridays from 10 to 12 o clock. They will be organized starting from October in the premises of the Information Centre of the Government in Vladislavova Street No. 4. The lecture hall can accommodate up to 30 people.

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentForums for university students will be related to the events and important anniversaries closely connected with our history and with current activities of the government of the Czech Republic.

The programme of lectures for the first term of the school year 2010/2011 can be found here. For making reservation, please contact the coordinator of educational programmes Mgr. Petr Musil, phone: 602 411 962 or e-mail musil.petr@vlada.cz.

Educational Materials

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentFor students of secondary schools and grammar schools and for their teachers, educational materials are published at websites of the Information Centre of the Government. The educational materials can be used for teaching, as well as for preparation for school-leaving examinations or university entrance examinations. For students of elementary schools there are prepared paper panels with photographs of members of the government (A4 sheet of paper) and a comprehensible summary of lecture on government's activities.

Further information and the history of lectures can be found at websites of the Information Centre of the Government.

Long-lasting exhibition Symbols of the Republic: Pillars of the Czech Statehood

For students of elementary and secondary schools, we have prepared a long-lasting exhibition Symbols of the Republic: Symbols of the Czech Statehood in the Hrzán palace in Prague-Hradčany.

Educational Activities of the Information Centre of the GovernmentThe exhibition informs on historical roots of the official Czech state symbols the Large and Small State Emblems, the State Colours, the State Flag, the State Banner of the President of the Republic, the State Seal, and the State Anthem and is open to the public every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m. upon the advance reservation, phone: 296 15 200 or through e-mail icvrezervace@vlada.cz.

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