Taking Licence Examination for Principals/Directors of Educational Institutions
Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities - National Communities organises the licence examination for principals/directors of educational institutions.
The Licence Examination for Principals/Directors of Educational Institutions is taken pursuant to the Rulebook on the Training Programme and Taking the Licence Examination for Principals/Directors of Educational Institutions (“Official Gazette of the RS”, no. 63/18).
Applicants are required to submit A request for taking the licence examination for principals/directors of educational institutions to the Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities - National Communities. Преузми (The document is currently available in the Serbian language only)
The following documents are requested to be submitted along with the application:
1) For candidates who, at the time of submitting the application, perform the duties of principal/director of an institution:
1. Certificate of legal and employment status;
2. The certificate of completed training course for directors/principals;
3. Professional paper on the conducted research, containing a description of the methodology, process, key research results and recommendations for improvement of the educational practice, in printed form and in electronic form on a compact disc or flash memory;
4. Proof of payment of licence examination fees.
2) For candidates who, at the time of submitting the application, do not perform the duties of principal/director of an institution:
1. Certificate of legal and employment status;
2. Certificate of completed 13-day training course for directors/principals (two days interactive and 11 days distance learning);
3. Professional paper on the conducted research, containing a description of the methodology, process, key research results and recommendations for improvement of the educational practice, in printed form and in electronic form on a compact disc or flash memory;
4. An elaboration with the description of the action plan for improving the school's work in the areas of quality of School's operation organisation, human and material resources management, and/or management and organisation in a preschool institution, in accordance with the Rulebook on the institution's work quality standards, in printed form and in electronic form on a compact disc or flash memory;
5. Proof of payment of licence examination fees.
The application for taking the licence examination, along with the supporting documentation, may be sent to the following address:
The Republic of Serbia; Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities - National Communities; 21000 Novi Sad; 16 Mihajla Pupina Blvd. - with a note: For licence examination for principal/director Information on licence examination date is delivered to the candidates who have met principal/director licence examination requirements, not later than 15 days prior to the scheduled examination date.
Licence examination is consisted of three or four parts:
1) Presentation of a professional paper on the research of educational practice, containing a description of the methodology, process, key research results and recommendations for improvement of the educational practice;
2) Test of mastery of competency standards for director/principal;
3) Presentation of the applicant’s portfolio contents, in printed or electronic form, containing the evidence professional development, the results achieved and previous professional experience and
4) Presentation of an elaboration and the action plan for improving the school's work in the areas of quality of school's operation organisation, human and material resources management, and/or management and organisation in a preschool institution, for candidates who do not perform the duties of a director/principal.
If the applicant is unable to take the licence examination, they must notify the Provincial Secretariat thereof, not later than 24 hours prior to the examination. Evidence of justified reasons for not taking the examinations may be submitted subsequently, but not later than seven days from the day the examination is scheduled.
Licence examination fees are covered by the institution in which the applicant holds the position of the director/principal, whereas the applicants holding other positions cover their own examination fees.
Fees of resit examination and those of retaking the full examination is covered by the applicant.
The amount of licence examination fees is 15,000.00 RSD (for retaking one part of the examination: 10,000.00 RSD; two parts of the examination: - 12,000.00 RSD; the full examination - 15,000.00 RSD) and is to be paid as follows:
- Drawing account number: 840-1572845-61;
- Model and reference number: 97 900942774233162;
- Recipient: Budget of AP Vojvodina, Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities - National Communities;
- Purpose of payment: Fees for taking the licence examination for principals/directors
Rulebook on the Training Programme and Taking the Licence Examination for Principals/Directors of Educational Institutions (“Official Gazette of the RS”, no.77/24) Преузми (The document is currently available in the Serbian language only)
If you need any additional information, please contact:
Slobodanka Stanković
(office: I/68; Telephone no: 021 / 487-42-26);
e-mail: slobodanka.stankovic@vojvodina.gov.rs
Jovana Grahovac Begović
(Office: 68/I; Tel: 021/487-4552)
e-mail: jovana.grahovac@vojvodina.gov.rs