Enrolment in secondary school

Croatian citizens, Croatians from other countries and children of citizens of European Union member states all enrol in secondary schools pursuant to the same requirements

Candidates apply for enrolment in education programmes via the website of the National information system for application and enrolment in secondary schools, where they can find information about enrolment in secondary schools, as well as information for candidates from other education systems. Recognition of foreign primary school qualifications for the purpose of enrolment in secondary school is under the authority of the Education and Teacher Training Agency.
If your child has already attended a secondary education programme before coming to Croatia and is continuing their secondary education in Croatia, the recognition of foreign education qualifications for the purpose of continuing secondary education is managed by the school to which you are also applying for enrolment or continuation of education.

For the purpose of faster and easier integration into the education system of those students who do not know Croatian or do not know it sufficiently well, preparatory or supplementary Croatian language classes are taught, and when a student enrols in school, their level of Croatian is checked. Schools teach preparatory or supplementary Croatian language classes pursuant to a decision of the county administrative department or the City Office for Education of the City of Zagreb, with prior consent of the Ministry of Science and Education.

For further information, please read the article Secondary education.