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            Charles University, the oldest university in the Czech Republic and in the entire Central 

            founded by Charles IV in 1348. The famous Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor, a major Europ
            his time, aimed at making Prague the new centre of education and thereby increasing the cu
            of the Czech kingdom. The first lectures were held in Prague churches and monasteries. Sin

            University has had its own official seat, Karolinum [ URL "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/k
            historical building is one of Prague’s most treasured medieval monuments, yet it continues
            its original purpose.

            The Faculty of Education at Charles University was established in 1946 following a decree 
            education by the President of Czechoslovakia issued on October 27, 1945 and a subsequent l

            following year relating to faculties of education throughout Czechoslovakia. The Faculty o
            the Charles University was officially opened on November 15, 1946 in the Prague Rudolfinum
            www.czecot.com/en/tourist-attraction/8083_rudolfinum-praha"] (The House of Artists), and t

            was attended by the Czech president, Dr. Edvard Beneš.

            However, the 1953 school reform succeeded in dismantling all Czech faculties of education.

            established institution for training the teachers of general subjects was called The Pedag
            – The Higher School of Pedagogy.


            Yet another reform of the Czech educational system (carried out in 1959) gave birth to Ped
            institutes in Prague and Brandýs nad Labem which were designed to train primary teachers, 
            secondary school teachers were supposed to study their core subjects at various university

            had been the case before 1946. The Czech faculties of education were not re-established un
            worth mentioning that secondary school teachers of art, music and physical education were 
            at other respective Charles University faculties while alsoattending some pedagogical and 

            courses at the Faculty of Education.
            The mid-1970s saw the unification and merging of the training networks of primary and seco
            teachers and the extension of the respective length of study up to 5 years. Those were rat

            times, as many departments were dismantled or appended to various other University faculti

            Although Czechoslovakia was later (1993) divided into two independent countries – the Czec

            Slovakia – the Czech and Slovak faculties of education maintain collaboration; deans of Cz
            faculties of education meet regularly at conferences of the Association of Deans to negoti
            problems and issues relating to teacher education. In 2016, the Czech and Slovak faculties

            together celebrated the 70 years since their formation.

            Over the 70 years of the Faculty’s existence, a number of noteworthy experts in various fi

            in its ranks, such as Cyril Bouda [ URL "http://www.prague-art.cz/catalogue/authors/139-cy
            Hrabal, J. Charvát, Otakar Chlup, L. Kopeckij, J. Plavec, V. Tardy and F. Vodička, to ment
            In the Czech Republic there are nine faculties of education (in Prague, in Liberec, in Čes

            Plzeň, in Ústí nad Labem, in Brno, in Olomouc, in Ostrava, and in Hradec Králové). Togethe
            participate in resolving common, topical issues in education (digital literacy development
            development, pre-literacy in pre-school education etc.).