Central
State authorities are responsible for:
- Pre-school (monitoring; curricula for pre-schools with developmental disorders and pre‑schools with gifted children; regulation of standards; supervision over the implementation of law and regulations; inspection and expert‑pedagogical supervision);
- Elementary education (supervision; granting of authorisations; curricula and syllabi; regulation of standards, teacher salaries);
- Secondary education (curricula and syllabi; regulation of standards; granting of authorisations, teacher salaries);
- Higher education (establishment of public universities, development of curricula and syllabi, funding and monitoring, academic salaries; National Council for Higher Education);
- Adult education (Adult Education Council – advisory body); Agency for Adult Education in charge of the monitoring, development, and evaluation of the adult education system);
- May establish primary schools and secondary schools;
- May transfer the power to establish schools (and associated rights) to counties and local authorities;
- Develops national network of school institutions.
Science and Higher Education Agency:
- performs expert activities in the process of evaluation of scientific organisations and higher education institutions;
- performs expert activities in the process of evaluation of the national scientific networks;
- collects and analyses data relevant to the system of science and higher education at the national level;
- systematically works on linking the Croatian educational system with the international partners, in particular with the European system, by entering the European network of agencies (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – ENQA);
- establishment of the national network of higher education quality assurance;
- reports on actions performed and on their results to the National Council for Science and the National Council for Higher Education.
Regional
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- May establish elementary schools and secondary schools (with prior approval from the Ministry of Science and Education);
- Elementary school funding and management, including:
- Transportation of students;
- Travel expenses for employees;
- Current and capital maintenance and investments;
- Appointing three out of seven members of the school board (if the County is a founder);
- Secondary schools funding and management, including:
- Transportation of students;
- Travel expenses for employees;
- Current and capital maintenance and investments;
- Appointing three out of seven members of the school board (if County is a founder);
- Planning and development of institutions;
- May transfer the power to establish schools and associated rights to local authorities.
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
- Preschool education and childcare – management and maintenance;
- May establish elementary schools (with prior approval from the Ministry of Education);
- Elementary-school funding and management, including:
- Transportation of students
- Travel expenses for employees;
- Current and capital maintenance and investments
- Appointing three out of seven members of a school board (if local authority is a founder).
Responsible ministries/bodies
Central
Agency for Science and Higher Education
National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development
Regional
- Regional authorities - counties (županije) - Administrative departments
for Education, Culture, Science and Sports or similarly named
Local
Sources:
Ministry of Science and Education
Agency for Science and Higher Education
National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development
Law on Science and Higher Education (NN 123/03, 198/03, 105/04, 174/04, 02/07, 46/07, 45/09, 63/11, 94/13, 139/13, 101/14, 60/15, 131/17)
Law on the Adult Education (Official Gazette of 7 February 2007, 17/07, 107/07, 24/10);
ERI SEE, The list of laws and regulations of the Republic of Croatia from the competence of the Ministry of Education and Sport
Law on pre-school education (OG: 10/97, 107/07, 94/13).
Law on education in elementary and secondary schools (OG: 87/08, 86/09, 92/10, 105/10, 90/11, 5/12, 16/12, 86/12, 126/12, 94/13, 152/14).
Agency for Science and Higher Education Statute
Science and Higher Education Agency
Government Regulation Establishing the Agency for Science and Higher Education
Law on Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education (Narodne novine, No. 45/09)
Law on Scientific Activity and Higher Education (Narodne novine, 123/03, 198/03, 105/04, 174/04, 46/07)
[1] Example: City of Dubrovnik - http://www.dubrovnik.hr/gradska-uprava/upravna-tijela. There are two separate departments in the City of Dubrovnik. In other Croatian cities and municipalities, these areas of work may be under the remit of just one, or more than two departments.
