Selected Factors Influencing the Choise of Secondary School by Primary School Graduates

Abstract

The primary school graduates' choice of secondary school is in the centre of society's attention. Most primary school graduates choose secondary schools with humanitarian focus. The Ministry of Education in Slovakia initiated activities to support and promote science and technology subjects at schools. The main goal of these activities is to increase pupils' interest in technically oriented secondary schools. The paper presents the results of research on sample of primary school pupils. The research was focused to find out some factors influencing pupils' choice.