Grammar School – Gymnázium – in Snina was established in 1953 to become the school aimed at providing general education and preparation of students for university studies. At present time there are 465 students studying in 18 classes in the school, 12 classes of four-year study and 6 classes of 8-year study. The priority of the school educational programme is reinforcing of foreign languages education – English, French, German, Russian and Spanish languages are taught in our school – and an implementation of ICT into each of the subjects. The school has been taking part in various educational projects for a long time, whereby the competencies for students and teachers are increasing and the material equipment of classrooms and other places are improved and innovated. There are the laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, the foreign languages laboratory, specialized classrooms of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Slovak language, educational subjects, two classrooms for IT, and three classrooms for foreign languages in our school.

The current Secondary School Manuel da Fonseca has not always had this name and location. The first building was built in 1959, and it was a private school.
From 1970 to 1976 the building was bought by the Ministry of Education and became one Section of the National Gymnasium of Setúbal. In 1977 it changed to Secondary School of Santiago do Cacém.
The school had, at that time, 17 normal classrooms and 8 specific rooms.
On 16/10/92 it was name after the well-known writer Manuel da Fonseca, and in 1995/96 the school began to operate in the current building. Nowadays the school has 21 normal classrooms and 15 specific rooms.
Our school has more or less 500 students from 11 to 18 years of age distributed by elementary, secondary and vocational levels and about 80 teachers.
We also have some adult courses at night.