FACTORS INFLUENCING PUPILS PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION

There is increased attention paid by professionals, to the issue of quality of pupils' education in Slovak Republic in recent years, because primary school pupils in long-term take low places in international measuring PISA, often below average level of OECD countries. International measuring is testing pupils in reading literacy, mathematical literacy and natural science literacy. The Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic in attempt to change current state made reform of education in 2008, which replaced previously valid school system from 1997. The reform leads to following changes. Content and performance standards have been changed, educational areas have been renamed and time allocation for certain subjects has been changed. After several years, researches on group of pupils shown that reform form 2008 did not produce the desired results. Based on the shortcomings identified in the education of pupils, the Ministry of Education proceeded to innovate the school educational program. The number of lessons in subjects related to the tested areas has been increased. One of them is the subject Technics, which provides natural science education for pupils. We know from our own pedagogical practice, that effectivity of educational process is not affected only by already mentioned factors such as content and time allocation of education, but also other factors directly affecting teacher and pupil. Among these factors we include school environment, material and technical equipment, staffing, conditions to secure safety and health protection, social security of teachers and pupils and climate conditions in education. With research we find out, how quality of internal environment affects performance of pupil in educational process. In our paper we provide our research conclusions.