FAQ

Changing the location/space of the implementation of general education programme in the same municipality

If the institution changes the location/space of the implementation of the general education programme, it shall apply to the Center with an appropriate application.
The application form aimed at changing the location/space of the implementation of the general education programme in the same municipality, shall be approved by the individual administrative-legal act of the Director of the Center. The general education institution is obliged to submit to the Center a document confirming the payment of the specified fee for the change of the location/space of implementation of the general education programme, together with the application.
Within the scope of the administrative proceedings, the Director of the Center issues an individual administrative-legal act on creation of the authorization experts panel of the general education institutions and on the site visit to the general education institution. The same act defines the scope of the administrative procedure of changing the location/space of the implementation of the general education programme.
As a result of examination of the application and its attached documentation, and based on the authorization site visit, the authorization experts panel of the general education institutions elaboration the draft report and submits it to the Center.
The Center determines formal compliance of the authorization expert panel’s draft report. If the compliance is established, the draft report is sent to the general education institution. If necessary, in order to ensure formal compliance of the authorization experts panel’s draft report, it is sent back to the authorization expert panel of the general education institution.
Within 10 calendar days after getting acquainted with the draft report of the general education institution's authorization expert panel, the general education institution submits to the Center an argumentative position in written form regarding the factual circumstances mentioned in the draft report, which is then sent to the general education institution's authorization expert panel. If the evaluation reflected in the draft report of the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution in relation to a specific standard/standards differs from the self-evaluation of the general education institution and the institution shares the evaluation of the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution, the general education institution is entitled to present a plan for ensuring compliance with the standard/standards, which by the authorization experts of the general education institution, together with an argumentative position, should be taken into account when forming the final report.
In the case of submission of the argumentative position, after its examination or in the case of non-submission of the argumentative position after the expiration 10 calendar days, the expert panel of the general education institution elaborates a final version of the report and submits it to the Center.
The report formed by the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution includes information about the argumentation of sharing or not sharing the argumentative position of the general education institution by the panel of experts of the authorization of the general education institution.
The Center sends the authorization expert panel report of general education institution to the institution.
If a general education institution receives the evaluation provided for in paragraphs 11 and/or 12 of Article 21 of this Statute in relation to the standard/component defined by the individual administrative-legal act of the Director of the Center provided for in paragraph 3 of this article, the authorization council of the general education institution makes a decision regarding the change of the location/space of the implementation of the general education programme in the same municipality by at least 3/4 of the members present at the session.

In case of making a decision on the change of the location/space of implementation of the general education programme in the same municipality, the authorization council of the general education institution defines the recommendations to the general education institution and applies to the Center with a petition to monitor the implementation of the recommendations, except for the case when the institution is evaluated as "complies with the standard requirements".
The decision to approve the change of the location/space of implementation of the general education programme in the same municipality or to refuse the change is made in the Center within 90 calendar days from the submission of the application for the change of the location/space of implementation of the general education programme.