Government aims to prevent cheating in foreigners' Czech tests

The Czech government on Monday approved a draft directive of the education and interior ministries aimed to prevent cheating on Czech language tests by foreign nationals applying for permanent residency. The directive follows an amendment to existing legislation. Private language schools, where the greatest number of problems were found, are to be stripped of the right to organise future tests which are to be supervised by the Czech School Inspection. The change was prompted by criminal proceedings taken against several employees of language schools suspected of having secured positive results for foreigners in exchange for bribes in early 2014. As a result, foreigners’ police representatives will also be present at future exams.