EXPOL PEDAGOGIKA, Ltd.
EXPOL PEDAGOGIKA, s.r.o. (hereinafter referred to as “Expol”) is a professional publishing house operating in the field of education and training. It is part of the Klett Group, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The Klett Group is one of the leading companies focused on education in Europe.
Expol was founded in February 1997 as a textbook publisher. It has been one of the largest publishers of textbooks in the Slovak Republic for 27 years. In its portfolio, it has more than 2270 titles, textbooks and workbooks with the approval clause of the Ministry of Education intended for primary schools, schools for children with special needs, secondary vocational schools and gymnasiums.
Through state investment in public schools, Expol currently has 11% of the primary school market, 94% of the special needs school market, 58% of the secondary school market and 28% of the vocational secondary school market.
Expol also prepares supporting educational materials – methodology for teachers for individual textbooks. Since 2017, Expol has been organizing educational seminars for teachers focusing on working with individual textbooks and supporting materials. During the COVID pandemic, Expol started preparing webinars, podcasts and online training programs for teachers, which became new products in our service portfolio.
Every year, Expol implements annual contracts with the Ministry of Education and annually sends an average of 172,000 textbooks for individual schools.
Currently, it has 7 full-time employees, a wide base of external collaborators, experts in the field of upbringing and education. External collaborators are mostly experts on specific topics with many years of experience and are known and accepted in this field.
Expol has experience with Erasmus + projects as both coordinator and partner:
- the STARS project (Successfully Teaching Astronomy in Schools) 2017-2020, which was aimed at supporting astronomy teachers in lower secondary education through innovative materials. The project resulted in a Methodical Guide for Teachers, a Training Program for Teachers, an Online Platform and a Concept of Astronomical Education Program
- LIRE (Language Interpretation through REading) project 2020-2022, which provided practical examples of lesson plans, tips and activities for working with simplified reading books in English
- BEEVET 2019 project – interactive training materials on green, sustainable and energy-efficient construction for students of upper secondary education
- Innovative Steps 2022 project – interactive training materials on the topic of Sustainability, Healthy Nutrition and Environmental Education for students of lower secondary education
