Recruitment of Talents for Life Sciences in Slovakia: State of the Art

摘要

A general problem of decrease in interest of high school students for science education in Slovakia is amplified by local-specific 'phenotypes' including culturally inherited preference of conformity and discrimination of originality and talent [1]. In this context it is not surprising that Slovak universities are totally passive towards talented high school students. This lack of an assertive attitude might eventually lead to a massive exodus of gifted young individuals and the Slovak universities will be left out with average and marginal importance. To avoid this pessimistic outcome, the implementation of a systematic search for talents, their recruitment and motivation, is a necessity.