school location urban or rural area and the socioeconomic background of students make a difference in student performance there are also concerns about strong social selectivity in the school system including misplacement of some students in special schools in addition the poor educational outcomes of the roma minority remain a major policy challenge reform initiatives include the development of new mechanisms of school financing per capita funding scheme the definition of student learning objectives in national education programmes further school autonomy with the development of school education programmes the introduction of standardised national assessments the creation of a career system for teachers and the introduction of a dual system within vocational secondary education