The state organization Cermat, which is responsible for the preparation of the admission process, launched the system on Friday before midnight, it was originally supposed to open to the public on Thursday, February 1. Applications can now be submitted until February 20.
According to Fojtová, a possible extension of the application deadline is currently under discussion, alternative solutions are being prepared. According to her, a decision will be made on Tuesday, and the ministry will also announce whether and by how much the application deadline would be extended.
The head of Zermatt would rather not postpone the deadline
The director of Cermat Miroslav Krejčí already stated last week that he would prefer if the deadline was not extended. “We have two to three days to spare in the schedule,” Krejčí told ČTK now.
The high school application system has failed
According to him, the reserve was intended in case the system is attacked by a large DDoS attack on the last day of logging in. According to Krejčí, if the deadline were now extended by one day due to the delay, it would not be a problem. “One more day is fine,” he remarked.
Some people submitted three applications and there was one school for each. This is a wrong procedure, all schools must be on one application
Miroslav Krejčí, Zermatt
Over the weekend, it submitted applications for high schools through the electronic system DiPSy over 10 thousand applicants.
As Cermat spokeswoman Jana Patáková told Novinkám, on Monday, February 5, around 4:00 p.m., the system registered a total of 14,859 applications.
Cermat has launched an electronic application system for secondary schools
During the weekend, according to Krejčí, the system worked without problems, on Saturday it repelled three hacker attacks, so-called DDoS attacks, thanks to automatic protection. According to Krejčí, there were no further attacks on Sunday.
Hybrid and paper form
In addition to the fully electronic method, applicants can submit school applications in a so-called hybrid form, i.e. a combination of printed applications with the support of an electronic system, or, as in previous years, in paper form. Around ten percent of hybrid applications were submitted over the weekend, said the director of Cermat.
As of Sunday midnight, for example, about 12,000 applications had been submitted through the DiPSy system, Krejčí said, of which 900 were duplicates. These were, for example, corrections, but some people also submitted applications incorrectly.
“Some people submitted three applications and there was one school for each. This is a wrong procedure, all schools must be on the same application,” Krejčí pointed out. Applicants must assign priorities to the schools and thus determine which school they want the most.
According to the ministry, up to 106,000 ninth-grade elementary school students and thousands of other applicants should apply to secondary schools this year, e.g. those interested in multi-year gymnasiums, secondary school students who want to change majors, or adult applicants applying for distance or evening courses studies. Krejčí previously said that roughly 120,000 applicants are expected.
Entrance exams for four-year courses and courses of extension studies are held on April 12 and 15, for six-year and eight-year high school courses on April 16 and 17.