The Bill was presented by Vladimir Dzamic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development. He said that the Bill on the Basis of the System of Education and Upbringing is in agreement with the Directive of the EU Council i.e. the national legislation has been harmonized with the EU acquis. The Bill has also been green-lighted by the Ministry for European Integration and it does not impede Serbia’s further EU accession talks.

Following a discussion the Committee unanimously accepted the Bill on the Basis of the System of Education and Upbringing, submitted by the Government.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Nenad Canak, and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Dr Muamer Bacevac, Dusica Stojkovic, Vladimir Djuric, Momo Colakovic, Bojan Torbica, Tanja Tomasevic Damnjanovic, Olivera Pesic, Zarko Micin, Dragan Veljkovic, Elvira Kovacs and Dragan Veljkovic.