Education in BiH is organized and conducted mainly in public educational institutions, but it is also organized in private ones, mostly in higher education.

Private institution may be established by domestic and foreign individuals and legal persons, in accordance with the principles defined by the Framework Law and other conditions and criteria established in the area of education and by lows of the responsable education ministries.

The total number of preschool institutions covered head and units in the composition. In the school year 2023/24 there were 243 private preschool institutions with 16 627 children were enrolled of which 93 with disabilities.

In the 2023/2024 school year 4 807 children attended private primary schools.

According to the Agency for the Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance, in the area of higher education in the academic year 2024/25 there are 35 accredited private higher education institutions were registered in BiH.