Studying

Primary education (basic education)                     

-lasts 8 years and it's is compulsory and free. Children begin schools at the age of six or seven. The grade schools are split in two stages: a) 1st through 4th grade being taught by one teacher per class and b) 5th through 8th grades where different teachers teach different subjects. People who have completed only primary education are classified as "unqualified workers"

Secondary education

-lasts 3 or 4 years and it's optional but there are tendencies to become compulsory. Secondary schools in Croatia are subdivided into: gymnasium , vocational schools and art schools. People who completed secondary school are classified as "medium expertise"

Higher education

Since 2003 Croatia has been involved in an intensive reform of its higher education system in line with its national needs and European standards, and according to the principles of the Bologna Declaration which Croatia signed in May 2001. The Croatian higher education system comprises seven universities (Dubrovnik, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split, Zadar and Zagreb), 13 public polytechnics, 3 public schools of professional higher education, 3 private polytechnics and 25 private schools of professional higher education. The majority of higher education institutions transformed the usual four year programmes into the widespread 3+2 model of the Bologna process. Only a minority of higher education institutions maintained the 4+1 model and some adopted the so-called integrated programmes, such as Law (5+0) and Medicine (6+0).

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