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Serbia - School heads' salaries and allowances

School heads' salaries and allowances

  • School heads’ remuneration is regulated by central/state or top-level authorities for all education levels.
  • The minimum qualification required for school heads at pre-primary level is ISCED 6 and for all other levels ISCED 7 in educational management. The minimum statutory salary corresponds to 8 years of experience and the maximum to 40 years of experience. The minimum number of years of professional experience in education required to become a school head in Serbia is 10 years for pre-primary and 8 years for primary and secondary education.
  • Salary progression of school heads depends on number of years in service.

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    Serbia - Teachers' salaries and allowances

    Teachers' salaries and allowances

    • Teachers’ remuneration is regulated by top-level authorities for all education levels.
    • The minimum qualification required for teachers at pre-primary level is ISCED 6 and ISCED 7 at all other levels. At secondary level, teachers are required to have a degree in a relevant subject and follow a module on psycho-pedagogy.
    • Salary progression of teachers depends on fulfilment of criteria for continuing professional development. Successful completion of (continuing) professional development activities is a statutory duty and a necessary condition for retaining a teaching position. Additionally, teachers do receive an increment of 0.4% for each year of service.
    • Teachers are civil servants.

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      Place guarantee to ECEC

      A network of state early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions is provided by local government assemblies in accordance with the criteria established by the government, as specified in the Law on the Education System Foundations. In addition to these public institutions, there are also private ECEC institutions in Serbia.

      According to the Law on Preschool Education, an early childhood education and care (ECEC) institution at local level may have a certain number of separate units and may carry out its programme outside the institution’s main centre, through separate units for children in rural areas or through other means of reaching children in rural areas. These separate units have specific methods.