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Professional examination in education and training
Persons who work in education and training must pass a professional examination, which is performed orally and encompasses three parts that are taken in the following order:
- constitutional regulations in the Republic of Slovenia, EU institutions and their legal systems and regulations on human and children's right and fundamental freedoms;
- regulations in education and training;
- Slovenian written language, or in the case of professional workers in kindergartens and schools where Italian is the teaching language, Italian written language, and in the case of professional workers in bilingual kindergartens and schools, Slovenian and Hungarian written language.
At the oral exam, the candidate must prove detailed knowledge of the contents that apply to the area where educational work is implemented, and general knowledge of other contents.
An individual part of the oral examination takes maximum 15 minutes.
The candidate who wants to take the professional examination must apply with a form. The application is submitted directly at the ministry and sent by post.
Professional exam is taken in front of an exam commission with at least three members. The grade for each individual part of the oral exam and entire oral exam is passed or failed. The candidate passes the exam if all parts of the oral exam are passed. A certificate is issued after a passed professional exam.
Candidates who meet the conditions can apply for the professional exam on the E-administration portal or submit an application by mail.
The first exam is free, the price of retaking the exam is 54.90 euros including VAT. The fee for retaking the professional exam is paid by the candidate with a payment slip, namely:
Title: Ministry of Education
Address: Masarykova 16 City: 1000 Ljubljana
Purpose of payment: professional exam - repetition
Amount: €61
No. account - IBAN: SI56 0110 0630 0109 972 Bank
BIC: BSLJSI2X
Call: 18 33502 - 7141998 - 10040
Contact person
Mrs. Hermina Pohar Sonc
Phone: 01 400 54 69
E: kadrisolstvo.mvi@gov.si
Conditions
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Nursery assistants must have:
- professional secondary education acquired on the basis of the pre-school educational programme, or
- concluded fourth year of grammar school and a course in work with pre-school children.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Nursery teachers in the programme for pre-school children may be persons who have concluded:
- a higher professional education study programme in pre-school education;
- a higher professional education study programme of the first cycle in pre-school education;
- or a master's study programme of the second cycle in pre-school education, early learning and teaching or early learning;
and also persons who have concluded:
- a university study programme (according to this programme, a person acquires education corresponding to second cycle education in accordance with the law) and have acquired the professional title “professor”;
- a university study programme (according to this programme, a person acquires education corresponding to second cycle education in accordance with the law) in education, art, humanities or social science;
- a higher professional education or a university study programme;
- a master's study programme of the second cycle and have acquired the professional title “magister profesor”;
- a master's study programme of the second cycle in education, art, humanities or social science;
- a master's study programme of the second cycle in social work, social integration and fairness in the field of handicap, ethnicity and gender or social work with families
and a training study programme in pre-school education (persons who have professional secondary education in pre-school education do not have to undergo such training). Teachers who carry out adapted programmes for pre-school children with special needs must:
- have education acquired on the basis of study programmes for the acquisition of second cycle education or education in the relevant field, or
- meet the conditions for nursery teachers and undergo a suitable training study programme in special pedagogy.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Applicants must conclude a suitable university study programme in the field of the instrument they teach.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Primary school teachers must conclude a university study programme or a master's study programme of the second cycle in the relevant field.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Applicants must conclude a university study programme or a master's study programme of the second cycle in the relevant field.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Applicants must conclude a university study programme or a master's study programme of the second cycle in the relevant field.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Applicants must conclude a university study programme or a master's study programme of the second cycle in the relevant field.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Counsellors must conclude:
- a university study programme in defectology, pedagogy, psychology, social work, social pedagogy or special and rehabilitation pedagogy, or
- a master's study programme of the second cycle in psychology, pedagogy, social work, social work with families, social integration and fairness in the field of handicap, ethnicity and gender, mental health in the community, social pedagogy, special and rehabilitation pedagogy, supervision, personal and organisational counselling or inclusive pedagogy.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
- Rules on the Education of Pre-School Children Educators and Other Professional Workers in Programmes for Pre-School Children and Adapted Programmes for Pre-School Children With Special Needs
- Rules on the level of education of teachers and other professionals in educational programmes of primary schools
- Rules on the Education of Teachers and Other Expert Workers in Vocational and Professional Education
- Rules defining the type and level of degrees required for educators and other professionals in dormitories for elementary and secondary school students
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Librarians may be persons who have concluded:
- a university study programme in library science or
- a master's study programme of the second cycle in school librarianship or library science.
Librarians may be persons who meet the conditions for a teacher and have concluded a training programme in library science.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
- Rules on the Education of Teachers and Other Expert Workers in Vocational and Professional Education
- Rules on the level of education of teachers and other professionals in educational programmes of primary schools
- Rules on the level of education of teachers and other professionals in educational programmes of music schools
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Laboratory assistants may be persons who have concluded grammar school or a professional secondary education acquired in educational programmes that comprise at least 315 hours in the relevant field.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Organisers of school meals may be persons who:
- meet the conditions for a home economics teacher in elementary school or
- have concluded a university study programme in food technology.
Computer scientists – organisers of IT activities may be persons who have concluded:
- a university study programme in computer science and IT, mathematics (computer science and IT or applied mathematics), computer science and mathematics, computer science, system organisation and management, economics (business informatics) or sociology (social informatics), or
- a master's study programme of the second cycle for teachers (subject teacher – computer science), educational computer science, computer science and IT, computer science and informatics, business informatics, informatics and electronic operation management, IT system organisation and management, informatics in modern society or social informatics.
Organisers of health-hygiene regime in programmes for pre-school children and in adapted programmes for pre-school children with special needs may be persons who have concluded:
- a higher professional education study programme in health care or sanitary engineering;
- a university study programme in home economics, biology or food technology;
- a higher professional education study programme of the first cycle in health care or food advice – dietetics;
- a university study programme of the first cycle in food technology and food or sanitary engineering;
- a master's study programme of the second cycle in teaching (subject teaching – biology or home economics), health care, food, food technology or dietetics.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
- Rules on the Education of Pre-School Children Educators and Other Professional Workers in Programmes for Pre-School Children and Adapted Programmes for Pre-School Children With Special Needs
- Rules on the level of education of teachers and other professionals in educational programmes of primary schools
- Rules on the level of education of teachers and other professionals in special educational programmes of primary schools with lower educational standards
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Instructors must have suitable education acquired in study programmes of at least the first level and pedagogic and andragogic education.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Adult education organiser may be persons who have acquired university education in a study programme where the professional title “professor” is acquired, or who have acquired university professional education, and pedagogic and andragogic education according to a suitable state-approved training programme.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Head of education must have at leat higher education, and pedagogic and andragogic education.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must have at least two years' work experience in adult education.
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Lecturers must have:
- suitable education acquired in study programmes of at least the second level, and
- pedagogic and andragogic education.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Teachers must have suitable education acquired on the basis of study programmes at least to secondary degree level or to the level of education acquired in study programmes which legally comply with education at the second level.
Evidence
Documents on education
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Rehearsal coaches must have suitable education acquired on the basis of study programmes at least to secondary degree level or to the level of education acquired in study programmes which legally comply with education at the second level.
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
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Applicants must be proficient in Slovenian literary language. Knowledge of the language is tested with professional examination.
In kindergartens and schools in ethnically mixed areas of bilingual education, applicants must also be proficient in the language of the foreign ethnic community.
Legal basis
Procedures
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Professional examination in education and training
Personal
Attachments
- Evidence of education, including evidence of pedagogic and andragogic, and special pedagogic education
- Written report of the mentor on the applicant's competence to provide education independently
- Evidence of suitable duration of work in education
- Form for the assessment of practice performances and of written preparation for five successful practical performances the applicant claims to be able to sit for professional examination
- Form for the assessment of the written assignment and positively assessed written assignment
Procedure costs
No costs: 0.00 €
- Accompaniment teacher in education
- Assistant to preschool teacher
- Counsellor in education
- Educator in dormitories for elementary and secondary school students
- Foreign teacher
- Head of adult education
- Instructor in short-cycle professional education
- Laboratory technician in education
- Librarian in education
- Master in in education
- Organiser in education
- Organiser of adult education
- Preschool teacher
- Short-cycle higher school lecturer
- Teacher at a music school
- Teacher in basic school (primary and lower secondary level)
- Teacher of general subjects in secondary education
- Teacher of practical subjects in secondary education
- Teacher of professional and theoretical subjects in secondary education
Legal basis
Evidenca o strokovnih izpitih ni javna