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Charles University was founded in 1348, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Yet it is also renowned as a modern, dynamic, cosmopolitan and prestigious institution of higher education. It is the largest and most renowned Czech university, and is also the best-rated Czech university according to international rankings. There are currently 17 faculties at the University (14 in Prague, 2 in Hradec Králové and 1 in Plzeň), plus 3 institutes, 6 other centres of teaching, research, development and other creative activities, a centre providing information services, 5 facilities serving the whole University, and the Rectorate - which is the executive management body for the whole University.

Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, Scio is a leading CEE educational assessment centre offering comercial services to schools, universities, self-governing institutions, school boards and other institutions. The company is engaged in development of state-of-the-art products and services aimed at education and student assessment. Since 1996 Scio has administered and carried out hundreds of thousands of exams, and numerous surveys and projects. Scio began operations in 1996. It is a private organisation, independent of government influence or subsidies. Scio’s goal is to provide services that schools need but which are not often readily available. Since 1996 the company has administered and carried out hundreds of thousands of exams, and numerous surveys and projects. Scio strongly promotes and supports internet communication, which has been successfully used for collecting examination results as well as for analyzing the results online. Founder The Company is chaired by its founder Dr Ondřej Šteffl Quality Scio is one of perhaps only a few companies of its kind to have introduced the quality-management system (ISO 9001:2008) for testing, including development of tests and other evaluation tools, data processing, evaluation and analysis of test results.

The Institute provides professional development for those employed in schools as educators of children and young people and for school-leaders. Its activities are policy-driven from national and European frameworks. It is a quasi-autonomous organisation and there is currently a regional network of centres to assist in the provison of its service.