This reform addresses the challenges at all levels of education – early childhood education and care, primary, secondary, as well as adult education. It will improve access to early childhood education and care, increase the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in primary schools, improve the labour-market relevance of secondary education and increase the quality and relevance of adult education.
This reform will be supported by large investments into kindergartens and schools. By April 2024, over 340 contracts for kindergarten projects were signed, through two calls for proposals (C3.1.R1-I1.01, C3.1.R1-I1.02), for a total investment of EUR 213 million by end-June 2026. A call for investments in secondary schools is expected shortly.
In parallel with investments, the regulatory prerequisites for the implementation of the reform must be ensured. Therefore, amendments to the law on ECEC were adopted, new law on adult education was adopted, comprehensive analysis of secondary education needs was prepared and published and law on primary and secondary education was revised and adopted.
Additional links:
- https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2021_12_144_2460.html
- https://vlada.gov.hr/vijesti/vlada-diljem-hrvatske-ulaze-u-izgradnju-i-obnovu-predskolskih-ustanova/42106
- https://vlada.gov.hr/vijesti/predstavljeno-najvece-ulaganje-u-vrtice-vrijedno-1-280-milijardi-kuna/36232
- https://mzo.gov.hr/vijesti/izradjena-sveobuhvatna-analiza-srednjoskolskog-obrazovanja/5050
- Reference
- C3.1.R1 in the HR Recovery and Resilience Plan
- Project locations
- Croatia
- Project website
- vrtice-vrijedno-1-280-milijardi-kuna/36232