Abstract
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic is currently preparing a curricular reform of regional education. In the context of the strategic intentions of the announced curricular reform, the authors of the paper analyse some results of a broader research inquiry, which aim was to identify factors influencing significantly pupils´ decision for choosing technical profession as their future job. Pupils' views on the subject of technology are basically very negative. Only 2 % of eighth graders stated technology among their favourite subjects. Ninth grade pupils did not mentioned this subject even once. To the three most frequently stated activities that contribute to the popularity of the subject of technology, or which pupils enjoy within technology belong manual work, practical activities and discussions focused on interesting technical issues. Innovation of the technology subject content and the methodology of its teaching represents a way in which it is possible to maintain and further develop particular technical study programs.
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