The Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education

The jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education is defined by Article 9 of the Law on Ministries (Official Gazette No. 65/08), which stipulates that the Ministry of Education carries out state administration relating to:

• research, planning and development of pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher education, and pupil and student standard;
• additional education of the children of citizens living abroad;
• administrative supervision in pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher education, and pupil and student standard;
• participation in the development, equipping and maintaining of facilities for pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher education, and pupil and student standard, of interest to the Republic of Serbia;
• professional teaching supervision in pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher education, and pupil and student standard;
• supervision of professional activities in higher education;
• organization, evaluation of activities and supervision of advanced professional training for educators;
• nostrification and equivalence of public certificates obtained abroad;
• improving social care for talented pupils and students;
• improving social care for pupils and students with special needs, as well as other affairs stipulated by law.