MŠMT Opens Complex Final Exam Pilot for Apprenticeship Fields (Czechia, June 2026)
MŠMT announced an experimental verification of an alternative final exam for H-category apprenticeship fields. The pilot will test a complex final vocational work model instead of treating the written, practical, and oral parts only as separate exam components.
MŠMT announced an experimental verification of an alternative final exam for H-category apprenticeship fields. The pilot will test a complex final vocational work model instead of treating the written, practical, and oral parts only as separate exam components.
What Changed?
Secondary schools with apprenticeship certificate fields can apply to join a pilot in which the final exam may be organized around a complex practical final vocational work, including preparation, presentation, and questions from the examination commission.
Old System vs New System
Apprenticeship final exams were organized through separate written, practical, and oral exam parts under the standard final examination model.
Participating schools will test a model that links the existing exam parts into a more integrated final vocational assignment. Schools that apply by the deadline are to be included by ministerial decision.
Who Is Affected?
Student Impact
Students in participating H-category fields may complete a final assessment built around a practical vocational project and its presentation.
Parent / Family Impact
Parents of students in participating schools should check whether the school joins the pilot and how the final assessment format will be explained to families.
School / Institution Impact
Eligible secondary schools must decide whether to apply, prepare the new assessment process, and align staff, commission, and documentation arrangements.
Teacher / Staff Impact
Vocational teachers in participating schools will need to support preparation of the final vocational work and adapt assessment planning.
Key Dates
- 2026-06-04: pilot announced
- 2026-06-30: application deadline for the first pilot year
- 2026-09-01: pilot starts.
What To Do
- Eligible schools should review the pilot documents
- submit an application through the data box if they want to participate
- and plan internal assessment guidance before the 2026/2027 school year.
What To Watch Next
Watch which schools are included and whether MŠMT later uses the pilot results to revise the standard apprenticeship final exam model.
Global Context
The pilot is relevant to international readers comparing how vocational systems assess practical skills at the end of upper secondary vocational education.
Source Record
Source type: Official announcement
Source name: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT)