Kiska vetoed the laws of universities. They talk about concerns that are worrying

BRATISLAVA – The President of the Czech Republic Andrej Kiska returned to the National Council (NR) SR a pair of laws on universities. The law on quality assurance of higher education and the amendment of the law on higher education have been vetoed because they n & # 39; 39 offer no guarantees to improve the quality of higher education and create a legitimate concern or the situation will not worsen. The TASR informed Martin Lipták of the cabinet of the President of the Slovak Republic

President Andrej Kiska. Archived photo Source: AP / SITA

The President refers the law on the quality of higher education as a whole and an amendment of the law on higher education in parties related to the law on the quality of higher education and at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. According to the President, laws lack real and clear guarantees to enhance the quality or objectivity of their assessment in the evaluation of higher education institutions

"As the experience of the judicial power in the Slovak Republic shows, in the absence of rules, sufficient criteria and strong motivations for the attributions of property of the constitutional agents: the most gained by the president Kiska

The law on the quality reinforces the 39; element of autonomy by replacing the accreditation commission appointed by the accreditation agency, led by representatives of universities, students and students; The President believes that the way the agency management choice of accreditation or the compliance requirement of one of the nine members of the board of directors risk to "counterbalance the growing pressures of r the quality of research and education in universities ". legal and factual gaps that raise concerns about their proper functioning in practice. In 1968, Kiska, Danko and Pellegrini agreed: We must bring home the young home

The President also opposes the unpredictability of the consequences of the laws passed. For example, it is not clear how the quality of the artistic and research activity will work. Until now, the working groups of the Accreditation Commission have been appointed to replace a commission of the Ministry. The law does not specify the rules for the selection of quality assessors, their organization or the number. Accreditation standards and the financial impact of new fees for university management remain unclear

At the same time, Kiska suggests that MPs abolish the amendments to the SAS Act and the Public Procurement Act that they added during the parliamentary session. In the past, the head of state has repeatedly criticized the practice of "legislative adherents".

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For the last time, he made the Health Care Act. In the case of SAS, the president complains that the transformation of the Academy is threatened because the adopted law will cause chaos and legal uncertainty for confusion and asymmetry. "The formalistic approach of the legislative process is an incomprehensible, confusing legal norm that does not respond to the real need of its recipients or to the causes of the problems that are solved," he added. trigger other amendments, impress the legislative environment, and maintain mistrust in the law and the state, "said Kiska.

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