The Education System in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The educational system of Bosnia is currently made of up of 2 level – the Primary and Secondary levels. Primary Education is mandatory, free and lasts for 9 years. Secondary Education is offered by general and technical secondary schools and lasts for 4 years. Students who have graduated from general secondary schools get the Matura and opt to enroll in any faculty or college after passing a qualification examination given by the institution while students who graduated from technical schools get a Diploma. Bosnia presently has 7 universities located in key cities across the country. Currently, the education management is conducted on a number of levels – Federation, Canton, Municipality, and School levels.

After being exposed to war, Bosnia’s educational system is one of many other aspects of its society that is experiencing major transitions. It not only undergone massive physical destruction but is also going through major political and ideological turning points intensified by the more than 3 years of racial extermination, starvation, mass casualties, and migrations. One of the dilemmas of public education system is the whether to organize teaching structure into individual national schools with separate curricula; nevertheless education is regulated by law.