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EDUCATION OVERVIEW
- Administration and
Finance:
- The administration of education in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, is executed at the republic-level by
the Ministry of Education (in Serbia) and the Ministry of Education
and Science (in Montenegro). They determine the network of elementary
and secondary schools and decide on the establishment of postsecondary
schools and faculties. In
addition, they determine the number of vacancies at postsecondary
schools and faculties, set the financing standards for higher
education, appoint school officials and councils, and handle
development requirements in the field of education.
Municipalities are responsible for limited financing of local
educational facilities.
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- The Law on Universities regulates the
activities of faculties, the establishment and work of managing
bodies, and the guidelines for selecting teaching staff. However,
universities function as autonomous institutions.
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- Financing
of education in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is from government
revenues and private funds. State educational facilities are financed
through the government; private institutions, through private funds.
In 1995, slightly less than 5% of the state budget was allocated to
education.
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- Size:
- Approximately
876,000 students are enrolled at all levels of education; exact
statistics regarding the number of functioning institutions cannot be
provided.
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- Structure:
- Pre-school
education, though non-compulsory, is a functional part of the
education system and, at the same time, constitutes an integral part
of the system of social care for children.
In this way, pre-school education also constitutes a part of
basic education.
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- Compulsory
elementary education begins at age seven and continues to age 15.
Secondary education lasts three to four years and is offered at
comprehensive schools, vocational schools, and schools of the arts.
Education at the higher level is two to three years in duration at
postsecondary non-university institutions (visa skola, visoka
skola) and four to six years at universities. Postgraduate
studies leading to master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees is two
to six years in duration. Education from the secondary level through
doctoral level is arranged in terms of “Levels.”
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- Private and Public Education
- Private
Education has been recently introduced and it exists at all levels
except at the level of elementary education. There are several secondary
and postsecondary private institutions and one private university; they
are all self-financing establishments.
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- Academic Year:
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academic year runs from September to June in two semesters.
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- Teacher Education:
- Elementary
school teachers (grades 1 - 4) are trained in two-year teacher training programmes
offered at postsecondary institutions or in four-year diploma programmes
at teacher training colleges. Subject teachers (grades 5 - 8),
are trained in four-year diploma programmes in the relevant university
faculty, as are secondary school teachers. All teachers are required to
take a professional teacher’s examination.
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Revised: May 06, 2004
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