Ministry of Science, Education and Sports in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 academic year
ensured the textbooks free of charge for all primary school pupils and pupils in first two years of
secondary school. The same goes for pupils who belong to national minorities, i.e. who have chosen
to be educated in one of three models of education in minorities’ language. The teachers in
minorities’ language have chosen the textbooks to be translated in the respective minority language.
96 titles were translated in Italian, Serbian, Hungarian, Czechs and Slovak language.
7. Allocation of resources
The Ministry of Science, Education and Sport provides the largest financial support to the
education sector, which includes the national minorities’ education as well. The regional/county and
the local governments also allocate funds for education. According to the national education strategy,
special attention is given to the minorities’ education on the state budget level which include besides
regular financing, the means for the textbook development in minorities’ languages, for the
implementation of the National Program for the Roma and the Action Plan for the Decade of Roma
Inclusion, for distance learning in minorities’ language and culture, the summer and winter schools for
minorities, seminars, workshops, NGOs projects realised in partnership with schools and other.