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Eurydice

EACEA National Policies Platform:Eurydice

Key features of the Education System

The Ministry of Education has the overall responsibility for developing and implementing education policies in Serbia. Schools and preschool institutions have a significant level of autonomy in organizing and realizing educational programmes and other educational activities. Higher education institutions enjoy wide autonomy.

This chapter provides a thematic and chronological overview of national reforms and policy developments during the three-year period. 

The introduction of the chapter describes the overall education strategy and the key objectives across the whole education system. It also looks at how the education reform process is organised and who are the main actors in the decision-making process.

Key features of the Education System

The education system is administered at:
  • national level by the Ministry of Education (MoEd)
  • central level, governance is ensured in cooperation with other ministries (for example, the Ministry of Finances for the funding allocated to educational institutions/establishments) and institutional settings subordinated to the Government,
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