Demographic change - Challenges and opportunities for education

Abstract

Authors during the presentation briefly introduced demographic development in the EU-countries as a whole, and then separatedly in the Czech Republic and the Central Bohemia Region. Various consequences for the education system were mentioned on national and also regional levels.

Also some the most important future trends were mentioned again with the possible threats for education and other public systems.

Keywords

• demographic ageing
• natality
• age-structure
• education system
• education levels
• demographic forecast
• EU-countries
• Czech Republic
• Central Bohemia Region