Changes in the Structure of Educational System in the Function of Millennium Tendencies

Abstract

Education in future implies a reconstruction in the education system. This practically means
implementation of reform of the entire educational system and development of conception of the
permanent education accorded with social needs and changes. The presented work here is an integral part
of a broader set up and realized preliminary project on „Redefinition of Education Structure of Republic of
Serbia“ forwarded to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia in 2010. The preliminary project
guided by Ph.D. Miroslav Ku?a and Ph.D. Vu?osava Ziv?ovi? was realized in the team work and in
coordination of work of the central and regional working groups in Serbia and the surrounding countries
having 80 collaborators in total working on the project. Model of our structure of the education system
extends the period of compulsory education up to 10 years of age (till the first grade of high school which is
the same for all regarding the curriculum) and is based on differentiation of the education levels (from
preschool to high school) in cycles, which, on their part, are defined by aims and tasks. Short-term, middleterm
and long-term aims have been clearly defined and concise division of competence and the follow-up
methods of successfulness of its implementation has been made within the proposal of our model