Head of the Centre for Quality Assurance of Educational Institutions at the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation of the Republic of Serbia
Dr Elizabeta Karalic is head of the Centre for Quality Assurance of Educational Institutions at the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation of the Republic of Serbia. She serves as a member of the group that prepares and implements the process of self-evaluation and external evaluation in ECEC. She has experience in: managing research projects in education and in national projects for improving the education system; creating, coordinating and implementing training cooperation with school authorities and educational institutions; participating in expert teams to prepare the education standard; designing and implementing training on monitoring and evaluating educational achievements and standards; preparing materials for testing and grading students in school; preparing instruments for institutions’ external evaluation and self-evaluation; and participating in national and international scientific conferences as an author.
Head of the Centre for International and National Research at the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation of the Republic of Serbia
Danijela Djukic has experience in creating, coordinating and participating in various training programmes and projects in education research. As a national coordinator, she prepares and implements activities within international studies for the international research around student achievement in Serbia. She serves as a member of the group that prepares and implements the process of self-evaluation and external evaluation in ECEC. She also participates in several groups established by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and contributes in the drafting of legal regulations and rule books in education. Danijela is an author of published scientific and expert papers and texts and has participated in many national and international scientific conferences.
Researcher – Analyst at the Centre for International and National Research, at the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation of the Republic of Serbia.
Teodora Bojovic is in the second year of her PhD studies in the Faculty of Philology, at the University of Belgrade. She works as a researcher, data manager, and national coordinator assistant for various educational projects. Teodora is the author of published scientific papers and texts and has participated in many national and international scientific conferences.
Director, IEQE, Belgrade, Associate Professor, University of Nis and University of K. Mitrovica
Branislav Randjelovic is the director of the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation of the Republic of Serbia. He also works as an associate professor for the Faculty of Electronic Engineering at the University of Nis, and as an assistant professor for the Faculty of Teachers Education, University of K. Mitrovica. He has published more than 80 scientific papers, research works, textbooks and publications. He has worked as a researcher on various scientific and educational projects, and his areas of specialisation include applied mathematics, computer science, educational science, large scale assessments in education, and digitalisation in education.
In this paper, we present the concept of quality assurance in pre-school institutions in the Republic of Serbia. Quality assurance and evaluation of pre-school institutions is achieved through the process of external evaluation and self-evaluation. Both processes are regulated by law (Rulebook: Standards of quality of work of institutions (2018), Rulebook: Evaluation of quality of work of institutions (2019)).
In the second part of this paper, we present an evaluation procedure of pre-school institutions and the process of self-evaluation, developed and implemented on an appropriate sample in 2019, through the project “Inclusive pre-school education”. This project is being implemented in Serbia by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (MoESTD – Serbia) with the support of the World Bank and resulted in appropriate conclusions being made regarding the process of self-evaluation, as well as a better understanding of the current situation in pre-school institutions in the Republic of Serbia. Thus, the educational system of the Republic of Serbia received suitable guidelines and a direction to take, in order to improve the quality of the nation’s pre-school education.
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