ZAGREB, April 11 2018 - The nongovernmental organisation GOOD has described the appointment of former education minister Radovan Fuchs as a special advisor to the prime minister to coordinate the work of the Expert Task Force for the curricular reform as the latest political trade-off between the HDZ and the HNS, accusing Prime Minister Andrej Plenković of appointing his players to slow down the curricular reform.

ZAGREB, April 10, 2018 - The Special Expert Commission (PSP) for the implementation of the Education, Science and Technology Strategy appointed at a conference call on Tuesday 12 members of the Expert Task Force (ERS) for the implementation of the curricular reform and cancelled an earlier competition for applications for the ERS head, with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković appointing Radovan Fuchs as special government advisor on the coordination of the ERS' work.

ZAGREB, April 9, 2018 - Science and Education Minister Blaženka Divjak on Monday declined to comment on speculations that former Education Minister Radovan Fuchs of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party would be the new head of the Expert Task Force for the implementation of the curricular reform, saying that the Expert Task Force was an important advisory body, but it could not be a parallel command line, stressing that she would not allow the obstruction of the entire process.

It seems that controversial Matko Glunčić, who has caused a crisis in the ruling coalition, will be replaced.

Despite the conflict between coalition partners over the appointment of the head of curricular reform, the government will not collapse.

ZAGREB, April 4, 2018 - The leader of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) Milorad Pupovac said on Wednesday it was necessary to have an agreement within the ruling coalition about who would be at the helm of the Expert Task Force for the implementation of curricular reform, saying that no person was worth jeopardising either the coalition or the reform process.

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - A round table on education, focusing on global processes designed to improve education, comparison of achievements, and specific proposals for improvement of Croatia's education system, was held in Zagreb on Thursday, with Croatian and foreign experts participating.

ZAGREB, March 25, 2018 - Education and Science Minister Blaženka Divjak believes the European Commission’s report on the implementation of structural reforms in Croatia, including education reform, is a realistic look from outside which also recommends what still needs to be done.

Far more schools than needed have applied for the test phase which starts in autumn.

ZAGREB, March 1, 2018 - The University of Augsburg has confirmed that former Croatian Science and Education Minister Pavo Barišić's doctoral thesis from 1989 is not self-plagiarism.