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Focus of CTL

The Critical Thinking League is a competition for elementary and high school students. CTL responds to the lack of education in the field of critical thinking and media literacy of young people. The competition takes place in three age categories and three competition rounds. CTL was established in 2021, and this year, 14 169 students from 547 schools across Slovakia have registered for the competition.

Goals of CTL

 Strengthen resilience to disinformation and manipulation tactics

 Develop argumentation skills of young people

Increase the quality of public discussion

Teach young people to verify news and indentify credible sources of information

Create healthy habits when spending time on social networks

Improve the ability to correctly interpret data, statistics, and graphs

CTL takes place in three rounds:

School round

 annually in December

for all elementary and high school students

45-minute online test for elementary school students 

60-minute online test for high school students 

Regional round

 annually in March

for successful participants of the school round

70-minute online test for elementary school students

120-minute online test for high school students

CTL Finale

 annually in June

48 most successful high school participants from the regional round

24 most successful elementary school participants from the regional round

2-day in-person event in Bratislava

The League is divided into three age categories:

1st category

Years 1 and 2 of high school and four- or five-year gymnasium, fifth and sixth year of eight-year gymnasiums

2nd category

Years 3 and 4 year of high school and four-year gymnasiums, Years 3, 4 and 5 of five-year gymnasiums, sventh and eight years of eight-year gymnasiums

3rd category

8th and 9th grades of elementary schools, 3rd and 4th grades of eight-year gymnasiums, 1st grade of five-year gymnasiums


Current dates for elementary schools

 School Round  

11. 05. 2025

from 8:00 to 15:00

Duration: 45 minutes

Regional Round

24. 3. 2026

from 8:00 to 15:00

Duration: 70 minutes

CTL Finale

5.-6. 6. 2026

 in-person in Bratislava

Duration: 2 days


Current dates for high schools

 School Round  

10. 12. 2025

from 8:00 to 15:00

Duration: 60 minutes

Regional Round

17. 3. 2026

from 8:00 to 15:00

Duration: 120 minutes

CTL Finale

11.-12. 6. 2026

 in-person in Bratislava

Duration: 2 days

Rules

 Internet use

Using the internet is allowed in CTL ; some tasks even require it. The goal of CTL is not mechanical memorization but to develop the ability to search for information and critically work with it.

Source citation

All sources used during the competition must be cited in the answers so their reliability can be verified and plagiarism avoided. 

 Individual work

Participants must work individually; they must not consult with anyone or copy answers from other participants.

Parts of the test

 Media Literacy

In the media literacy section, you can expect tasks focused on verifying the credibility of sources, identifying signs of reliable media, verifying the origin of images or searching for primary sources.

 Data Interpretation and Manipulation

The part on data interpretation and manipulation will test the ability to detect misleading data visualizations, identify errors in graphs, read with comprehension, and identify logical fallacies in text.

 Argumentation

The last part will assess the argumentation skills of the participants. The main task will be to create their own argument, but there will also be tasks focused on the characteristics and parts of an argument.

Evaluation

  • For each question, the number of points you will receive for a correct answer will be indicated
  • No points will be deducted for an incorrect answer
  • The time taken to complete the test is only considered for competitors who have achieved the same number of points
  • Open questions, where competitors write original text, are scored by SDA accredited judges according to precise criteria
  • Results and correct answers will be published within 4 weeks after the competition on EduPage

Complete rules and regulations of CTL for download

Registration for CTL

Registration usually starts one month before the competition round.

Competitors must be registered by a contact person specified by the school.

Registration for the CTL is done through EduPage.

Procedure for teachers

  1. Check if registration is open. How do I find out that registration is open?
  2. Make sure you are the contact person for the CTL.  How do I become a contact person?
  3. Registre students for the competition. How to register students?
  4. Send registered students their competition codes. How to share competition codes?
  5. On the day of the competition, check that all registered students have started the test. You can notify those who have not started competing. How to follow the competition?

Procedure for students:

  1. Indicate in the EduPage section “Competitions” that you are interested in CTL. You will receive notifications about upcoming deadlines. How do I show interest in OKM?
  2. When registration starts, ask your teacher if you can sign up for CTL.
  3. Ask your parent or guardian for permission to process your personal data. How to give informed consent?
  4. Check whether your teacher has sent you the competition code.
  5. On the day of the competition, visit the website www.okm-online.sk, Enter your competition code and you can start! How does the competition run?
What to do if your school does not use Edupage? You can find the instructions here.

Our first season

The CTL completed its first season in the 2021/2022 school year. This season, we managed to:

organize three rounds of competition

involve more than 2,000 students from 240 schools

present prizes worth more than €1,500 to competitors and schools

Pilot round CTL

Over 1,100 students from 70 schools across Slovakia took part in the pilot round of the Critical Thinking League. Among them, Súkromná stredná odborná škola Tatranská akadémia in Poprad sent the most students.

1st category

  1. Zuzana Kačkošová   Gymnázium Pavla Horova, Michalovce
  2. Matej Šoltés   Gymnázium Poštová 1, Košice
  3. Theo Sirota   Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava

You can find the overall results here

2nd category

  1. Matej Raab   Gymnázium Jána Baltazára Magina, Vrbové
  2. Peter Čapkovič   Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava
  3. Daniel Ničík   Gymnázium Varšavská cesta 1, Žilina

You can find the overall results here

Regional round CTL

Almost 2,300 students from 240 schools took part in the first official round of the Critical Thinking League. The 20 most successful competitors in each category qualified for the national round.

CTL Finale

The nationwide round took place in June 2022 in Bratislava at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences. 40 competitors qualified for the preliminary round of the final. From there, the top 6 participants qualified for the final round, where they prepared presentations for a jury of experts.

Winners of the CTL 2021/2022
(1st category)

  1. Matej Šoltés    Gymnázium Poštová 9, Košice
  2. David Kršík   Gymnázium, Školská, Považská Bystrica
  3. Denis Maroš   Gymnázium arm. gen. L. Svobodu, Humenné

Winners of the CTL 2021/2022
(2nd category)

  1. Michal Lukáč   Gymnázium sv. Edity Steinovej Košice
  2. Tomáš Lamlech   Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu, Sučany
  3. Tobias Valúch   Gymnázium F. V. Sasinka, Skalica

What the finale of CTL looks like? Watch the video!

The members of the expert jury were:

 Daniel Milo – Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats

Emília Sičáková-Beblavá – professor at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at Comenius University

Jakub Goda – Office of the President of the Slovak Republic

Jana Krescanko Dibáková – presenter Na hrane TV JOJ

Ondrej Schütz – director of the Slovak Debate Association

Peter Jančárik – founder of the Konšpirátori.sk

Veronika Hincová Frankovská –  director of the Demagóg.sk

Results of the regional round

Almost 2,300 students from 240 schools took part in the first official round of the Critical Thinking League. The 20 most successful competitors from each category advanced to the national round.

POSITION SCHOOL NAME SURNAME POINTS
Banskobystrický kraj
1 Stredná odborná škola hotelových služieb a obchodu Filip Harík 72
Bratislavský kraj
1 Gymnázium školských bratov, ako organizačná zložka Spojenej školy de La Salle Richard Abel 79
2 Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a Gymnázium v Bratislave Theo Sirota 77,5
3 Gymnázium Ladislava Novomeského Martin Šiffalovič 75,5
Košický kraj
1 Evanjelické gymnázium J. A. Komenského Kristína Krišková 79,5
2 Gymnázium, Alejová 1, Košice Dávid Kepič 78
3 Gymnázium, Šrobárova 1, Košice Laura Dzobová 76
4 Gymnázium, Poštová 9, Košice Matej Šoltés 75
Nitriansky kraj
1 Gymnázium, Párovská 1, Nitra Zuzana Kvaltýnová 68
Prešovský kraj
1 Gymnázium arm. gen. L. Svobodu Denis Maroš Pavlinský 79
2 Gymnázium, Kukučínova 4239/1, Poprad Katarína Kšenzakovičová 75,5
3 Gymnázium, Konštantínova 1751/64, 091 80 Stropkov Martin Madzin 70,5
4 Súkromná stredná odborná škola, Ul. 29. augusta 4812, 058 01 Poprad Šimon Podstavek 69,5
Trenčiansky kraj
1 Gymnázium , ul. Školská 234/8, 017 01 Považská Bystrica David Kršík 77
Trnavský kraj
1 Gymnázium Jána Baltazára Magina Vrbové Alex Holovič 71
Žilinský kraj
1 Gymnázium, Varšavská cesta 1, 010 08 Žilina Terézia Brišová 77
2 Gymnázium, Hlinská 29 011 80 Žilina Patrik Šoška 71,5
3 Evanjelické gymnázium Juraja Tranovského, Komenského 10, Liptovský Mikuláš Samuel Mikita 70
4.-5. Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Lea Hlinová 69,5
4.-5. Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Linda Mičicová 69,5

Results of the Critical Thinking League

1st category

POSITION SCHOOL NAME SURNAME TOTAL POINST TEST SPEECH
1 Gymnázium, Poštová 9, Košice Matej Šoltés 76 50,5 25,5
2.-3. Gymnázium , ul. Školská 234/8, 017 01 Považská Bystrica David Kršík 72 49 23
2.-3. Gymnázium arm. gen. L. Svobodu Denis Maroš Pavlinský 72 52 20
4 Gymnázium Jána Baltazára Magina Vrbové Alex Holovič 70,5 45,5 25
5.-7. Gymnázium Ladislava Novomeského Martin Šiffalovič 69 46 23
5.-7. Evanjelické gymnázium J. A. Komenského Kristína Krišková 69 47 22
5.-7. Gymnázium, Párovská 1, Nitra Zuzana Kvaltýnová 69 45,5 23,5
8 Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a Gymnázium v Bratislave Theo Sirota 67 48,5 18,5
9 Gymnázium, Alejová 1, Košice Dávid Kepič 64 44 20
10 Gymnázium, Konštantínova 1751/64, 091 80 Stropkov Martin Madzin 62,5 39,5 23
11 Gymnázium, Hlinská 29 011 80 Žilina Patrik Šoška 61,5 39,5 22
12 Gymnázium, Varšavská cesta 1, 010 08 Žilina Terézia Brišová 61 37,5 23,5
13 Gymnázium, Šrobárova 1, Košice Laura Dzobová 60,5 40,5 20
14 Súkromná stredná odborná škola, Ul. 29. augusta 4812, 058 01 Poprad Šimon Podstavek 59 42,5 16,5
15 Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Lea Hlinová 58 39 19
16 Gymnázium, Kukučínova 4239/1, Poprad Katarína Kšenzakovičová 56 35 21
17 Gymnázium školských bratov, ako organizačná zložka Spojenej školy de La Salle Richard Abel 55,5 35,5 20
18 Stredná odborná škola hotelových služieb a obchodu Filip Harík 55 38 17
19 Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Linda Mičicová 54,5 33 21,5

2nd category

POSITION SCHOOL NAME SURNAME TOTAL POINTS TEST SPEECH
1 Gymnázium sv. Edity Steinovej Košice Michal Lukáč 81,5 55,5 26
2 Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Tomáš Lamlech 76,5 56 20,5
3 Gymnázium F. V. Sasinka Skalica Tobias Valúch 75,5 51,5 24
4 Gymnázium , Ul. 17. novembra 1180, Topoľčany David Kapusta 71,5 49,5 22
5 Gymnázium Antona Bernoláka Senec Tomáš Tereščák 71 44,5 26,5
6 Gymnázium, Golianova 68, Nitra Michael Kalaba 69 44 25
7 Gymnázium, Jesenského 2243 024 04 Kysucké Nové Mesto Matúš Máca 68 47 21
8.-9. Gymnázium sv. Vincenta de Paul, Bachova 4, Bratislava Filip Gura 67 43,5 23,5
8.-9. Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu Tatiana Migová 67 44,5 22,5
10 Gymnázium, Varšavská cesta 1, 010 08 Žilina Jakub Koprda 66,5 39,5 27
11 Gymnázium Angely Merici Michal Šrank 66 46 20
12 Evanjelické gymnázium J. A. Komenského Tomáš Černák 65,5 46,5 19
13.-14. Gymnázium, Dubnica nad Váhom Dominika Dardová 63 42,5 20,5
13.-14. Gymnázium sv. Moniky, Tarasa Ševčenka 1, Prešov 080 01 Tobiáš Korečko 63 41 22
15.-16. Gymnázium Michala Miloslava Hodžu Liptovský Mikuláš Marek Baláž 62,5 43,5 19
15.-16. Stredná priemyselná škola elektrotechnická, Plzenská 1, 080 47 Prešov Jakub Rochlitz 62,5 42 20,5
17.-18. Gymnázium sv. Moniky, Tarasa Ševčenka 1, Prešov 080 01 Anna Kurucová 61 38,5 22,5
17.-18. Súkromná stredná odborná škola, Ul. 29. augusta 4812, 058 01 Poprad Zara Karakaya 61 37,5 23,5
19 Gymnázium Ľudovíta Štúra Janka Babicová 49,5 33 16,5
20 Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a Gymnázium v Bratislave Krištof Kusý 45,5 45,5 –

School round CTL

The school round of the Critical Thinking League 2022/2023 took place on December 13, 2022, in the form of an online test.

Almost 6,000 students from 70 districts across Slovakia registered.

The greatest interest was in Súkromná stredná odborná škola Tatranská akadémia in Poprad.

You can find the overall results on EduPage.

1st category

  1. Mária Mederlyová  Gymnázium Grösslingová, Bratislava
  2. Richard Abel  Gymnázium školských bratov, Bratislava
  3. Theo Sirota  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava

overall ranking

correct answers

2nd category

  1. Michal Lukáč  Gymnázium sv. Edity Steinovej, Košice
  2. Denis Maroš Pavlinský  Gymnázium arm. gen. L. Svobodu, Humenné
  3. Maximilián Fratrič  Gymnázium Pankúchova Bratislava

overall ranking

correct answers

Regional round CTL

The regional round took place in the form of an online test on March 28, 2023.

A total of 2,873 students qualified for the regional round.

The results are published on EduPage.

1st category

  1. Matúš Boleček  Gymnázium J. G. Tajovského, Banská Bystrica
  2. Theo Sirota  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava
  3. Oliver Kohuth  Gymnázium, Trebišovská, Košice

overall ranking

correct answers

2nd category

  1. Michal Lukáč  Gymnázium sv. Edity Steinovej, Košice
  2. Viktor Vaškanin Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava
  3. Peter Haľko Gymnázium sv. Moniky, Prešov

overall ranking

correct answers

Nationwide round CTL

It took place in Bratislava on June 8-9 at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University.

The event was held under the auspices of the United Nations Information Service in Vienna.

The winners took home a Lenovo V15 laptop provided by Hour.

1st category

  1. Alexandra Striešková  Gymnázium Párovská, Nitra
  2. Matúš Boleček  Gymnázium J. G. Tajovského, Banská Bystrica
  3. Jakub Benčo  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava

ranking in the qualifying rounds

correct answers

2nd category

  1. Viktor Vaškanin  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava
  2. Dávid Kršík  Gymnázium, Považská Bystrica
  3. Tobias Valúch  Gymnázium F. V. Sasinka, Skalica

 

ranking in the qualifying rounds

correct answers

Composition of the evaluation committee

 Katarína Batková – director of the Via Iuris

 Miroslava Sawiris – director of the Department for Strategic Communication at the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic

 Ondrej Schütz – director of the Slovak Debate Asociation

 Pavol Hardoš – akademician FSES, conspiracy theory expert

 Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová – journalist and video reporter for the daily newspaper SME

School round CTL

The school round of the Critical Thinking League 2023/2024 was held on 12 December 2023 in the form of an online test.

A total of 8,813 students from 287 schools in 76 districts of Slovakia registered.

The greatest interest was in the Súkromná stredná odborná škola Tatranská akadémia in Poprad.

 The competition test was available in two languages for the first time – Slovak and Hungarian.

The results were published on EduPage. The nationwide ranking and correct answers can be found below:

1st category

  1. Timur Blentič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca
  2. Adam Žulevič  Gymnázium Alejová
  3. Matúš Kovačič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca

 

overall ranking

correct answers

2nd category

  1. Matúš Boleček  Gymnázium J. G. Tajovského
  2. Marek Cedula  Gymnázium Metodova
  3. Theo Sirota  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti

 

overall ranking

correct answers

Regional round CTL

The regional round was held in the form of an online test on March 19 2024.

All successful participants in the school round, i.e. 3,559 students, advanced to the regional round.

Celoslovenské kolo OKM

Uskutoční sa prezenčne v Bratislave 6. – 7. 6.

Na finále OKM postúpi 48 súťažiacich – traja z každého kraja z oboch vekových kategórií

Víťazi si odnesú domov ceny vo forme elektroniky poskytnutej firmou Hour.

Školské kolo OKM

Školské kolo Olympiády kritického myslenia 2023/2024 sa uskutočnilo 12. 12. 2023 v podobe online testu.

Zaregistrovalo sa 8813 študentov a študentiek z 287 škôl v 76 okresoch Slovenska.

Najväčší záujem bol na súkromnej strednej odbornej škole Tatranská akadémia v Poprade.

Súťažný test bol prvýkrát dostupný dvojjazyčne – v slovenčine aj maďarčine.

Daj nám vedieť, ako sa ti páčilo školské kolo OKM! Vyplň tento krátky formulár.

Výsledky boli zverejnené na EduPage. Celoslovenské poradie a správne odpovede nájdete nižšie:

1. kategória

  1. Timur Blentič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca
  2. Adam Žulevič  Gymnázium Alejová
  3. Matúš Kovačič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca

 

celkové poradie

správne odpovede 

2. kategória

  1. Matúš Boleček  Gymnázium J. G. Tajovského
  2. Marek Cedula  Gymnázium Metodova
  3. Theo Sirota  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti

 

celkové poradie

správne odpovede

Krajské kolo OKM

Krajské kolo sa uskutoční vo forme online testu 19. 3. 2024.

Do krajského kola postupujú všetci úspešní riešitelia školského kola, t. j. 3559 študentov.

Registrácia je otvorená skrz portál EduPage

Celoslovenské kolo OKM

Uskutoční sa prezenčne v Bratislave 6. – 7. 6.

Na finále OKM postúpi 48 súťažiacich – traja z každého kraja z oboch vekových kategórií

Víťazi si odnesú domov ceny vo forme elektroniky poskytnutej firmou Hour.

Školské kolo OKM

Školské kolo Olympiády kritického myslenia 2023/2024 sa uskutočnilo 12. 12. 2023 v podobe online testu.

Zaregistrovalo sa 8813 študentov a študentiek z 287 škôl v 76 okresoch Slovenska.

Najväčší záujem bol na súkromnej strednej odbornej škole Tatranská akadémia v Poprade.

Súťažný test bol prvýkrát dostupný dvojjazyčne – v slovenčine aj maďarčine.

Daj nám vedieť, ako sa ti páčilo školské kolo OKM! Vyplň tento krátky formulár.

Výsledky boli zverejnené na EduPage. Celoslovenské poradie a správne odpovede nájdete nižšie:

1. kategória

  1. Timur Blentič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca
  2. Adam Žulevič  Gymnázium Alejová
  3. Matúš Kovačič  Gymnázium Jura Hronca

 

celkové poradie

správne odpovede 

2. kategória

  1. Matúš Boleček  Gymnázium J. G. Tajovského
  2. Marek Cedula  Gymnázium Metodova
  3. Theo Sirota  Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti

 

celkové poradie

správne odpovede

Krajské kolo OKM

Krajské kolo sa uskutoční vo forme online testu 19. 3. 2024.

Do krajského kola postupujú všetci úspešní riešitelia školského kola, t. j. 3559 študentov.

Registrácia je otvorená skrz portál EduPage

Celoslovenské kolo OKM

Uskutoční sa prezenčne v Bratislave 6. – 7. 6.

Na finále OKM postúpi 48 súťažiacich – traja z každého kraja z oboch vekových kategórií

Víťazi si odnesú domov ceny vo forme elektroniky poskytnutej firmou Hour.