July 12 2004

300 teachers and 100 students coming from 60 countries are taking part in the annual conference of the non-profit organization iEARN 2004, which started by the opening ceremony in Dom Umenia - „House of Arts“ in Kosice.

Participants of the conference, which will be held at Gymnazium Srobarova 1 until July 17, were welcomed by the representative of its founder, the Kosice Self-Governing Region (KSR), Mrs. Rozalia Mudra, Director of the Office of KSR.

The world meeting of high school teachers and students – International Education and Resource Network – takes place in Slovakia for the first time. Previous conferences have been held five years ago in Puerto Rico, later in China, South Africa, Russia and last year in Japan.

Text and photo: Marian Krajnak