Lyceum at Ladislava Sáru street 1

The bilingual section of the Lyceum in Via Ladislava Sáru 1 in Bratislava was established in 1991 and is one of the first bilingual sections in Slovakia.

The current principal, Dr. Pavel Sadloň, contributed importantly to the establishment of this section by taking advantage of the possibility of opening such a course of study in Slovakia.

The establishment of the bilingual section is the fruit of the enthusiasm of its founders and the belief that bilingual education opens up to young people new possibilities in a newly united Europe. The early 90s have offered an excellent starting point for the birth of this section.

The project was immediately accepted in a positive way by the Italian institutions, with a still relevant support today. The bilingual section with the languages ​​of instruction Slovak and Italian, is born in 1991.

The Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic has approved the study plan no. 6889/1991-26 on August 30 1991 on the basis of the Protocol signed by Slovak Ministry of Education, the Italian Ministry of Education and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the opening of bilingual high schools in Slovakia (signed on 7th February 1991), in accordance with the Culture Sector Collaboration Program of education and science between the government of the Czech-Slovak Federal Republic and the government of the Italian Republic for the years 1991-93 (signed in Rome on 29th November 1990).

This project, common to all schools of a similar type abroad, was born from a firm belief in the important role that language knowledge and skills play in the educational process of the individual and society.

Of course, this very demanding bilingual study does not aim to provide only the possibility of language education (although it is a real alternative to study abroad), but also creates space for the formation of mental habits.

Every student who went through this experience had to confront two cultural models in parallel through daily contact with teachers, language and thought models, the content focus of the curriculum and individual lessons.

We firmly believe that all this contributes to the formation of students’ more flexible and open attitudes.