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Eurydice

EACEA National Policies Platform:Eurydice

Croatia

Recognising the need for functional connectivity of all employees of the educational system in a single unit, a need occurred for a clearer definition of the early childhood education and care, and the approach to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the educational process as a specific integration part in the educational system.

Steering Documents and Types of Activities

The complete educational work in Croatian kindergartens is based on the “Programme Orientation of Education and Care of Preschool Children” and the “Concept of Development of Early Childhood Education and Care”, the two documents which emphasize the basic principles of working with children of preschool age.

 

Funding

 

 

Post-secondary non-tertiary education is carried out as adult education.

Adult education in Croatia is intended for students who are at least 14 years old and who are not in full-time education, or who have not attended or have left the regular education.

 

 

 

Funding of ECEC

The financing of ECEC system is decentralised by law. In accordance with Article 42 of the National Pedagogical Standards for Preschool Education and Care (OG, 63/2008) it is almost exclusively within the competence of local and/or regional self-government units (LGUs) – from capital investments in infrastructure to financing of running costs.