​Central

The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport is responsible for:

• Passing laws concerning adult education and training;
• draws up draft regulations, implements regulations, informs the public about professional and legislative issues, carries out tasks relating to financing, international networking and cooperation and plans, and develops strategic bases to regulate education policies, and prepares a national program for adult education
• Upper secondary education, including determining the content and structure of programmes, staffing requirements and salaries, etc.; and
• Upper secondary vocational and technical education (the Vocational Education Act was enacted in 2006).

The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has launched a 2016–2020 Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan. The Government aims to enable young people (under 25) to have access to a high-quality employment offer, further education, an apprenticeship, or a traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Creating the conditions for adult education, important for the development of the municipalities and for the quality of life of their population;
• Ensuring a public network of secondary, vocational and upper secondary schools in their territories

Local schools have a certain level of autonomy in the implementation of the core national curricula, choice of teaching methods, staffing and employment matters and admission procedures.

Responsible ministries/bodies

 
 
Sources

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

Resolution on a National Youth Programme 2013 - 2022

Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan for Slovenia 2016–2020

The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 33/91-I, 42/97, 66/2000, 24/03, 69/04, 68/06, 47/13 and 75/16)

Local Self-Government Act (Official Gazette RS, Nos. 94/07 – official consolidated text, 76/08, 79/09, 51/10, 40/12 – ZUJF, 14/15 – ZUUJFO, 11/18 – ZSPDSLS-1, 30/18 and 61/20 – ZIUZEOP-A)