Ministry of Science and Education

The Ministry of Science and Education supports the overall development of the Republic of Croatia by providing conditions for: education and the formation of competent, ambitious and responsible individuals with an affordable, inclusive, quality and accessible system of lifelong learning; for quality vocational education that meets the current and future needs of the labour market for the development of science based on excellence and international competitiveness.
The Directorate for Education performs administrative and professional tasks related to the implementation of acts and other regulations in the field of education and the preparation of expert bases for draft strategies, acts and proposals for other regulations within its competence. It monitors, proposes and implements measures to improve the conditions in the system of early, preschool, primary and secondary education and adult education. The Directorate performs tasks related to the planning and execution of the necessary funds from the state budget, participates in the development of strategic frameworks and programme documents related to the development of the system of education and adult education.