Financing of education

Obrazovanje predstavlja jedan od bitnih čimbenika današnjice. Koliko je obrazovanje značajno pokazuje činjenica da se sve više mladih ljudi odlučuje za fakultete. Obrazovanje u Republici Hrvatskoj dijeli se u više faza. Kao najranije obrazovanje javlja se predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje koji se provodi u trajanju od 6 mjeseci do polaska u školu. Druga faza je osnovnoškolski odgoj i obrazovanje koji je obavezan i besplatan te se provodi u trajanju od osam godina za djecu u razdoblju između šest i petnaest godina. Treća faza obrazovanje jeste srednjoškolski odgoj i obrazovanje koji je dostupan za sve pod jednaki uvjetima ovisno o njegovim sposobnostima, a trajanje srednjoškolskog odgoja traje do četiri godine, no ovisno o školi može trajati i kraće. Kao zadnja faza javlja se kvalitetno visoko obrazovanje koje provodi sveučilište, veleučilište i visoka škola. Obrazovne ustanove financiraju se uglavnom iz državnog proračuna, međutim postoji veliki broj privatnih škola i fakulteta koji se financiraju na drugačije načine. Kroz rad se istražuje sve faze obrazovanja, zatim kako se pojedine institucije financiraju i na koje načine osiguravaju sredstva za daljnji rad. Također, kroz rad mogu se vidjeti četiri osnovne metode financiranja visokog obrazovanja.Education is one of the essential things of today. The importance of education is shown by the fact that more and more young people are choosing to go to college. Education in the Republic of Croatia is divided into several phases. The earliest education is pre-school education and it lasts 6 months before starting school. The second phase is primary education, which is compulsory and free, and is conducted for a period of eight years for children between the ages of six and fifteen. The third phase of education is secondary education and education that is available to all under equal conditions depending on his abilities, and the duration of secondary education lasts up to four years, but depending on the school it can last shorter. The last phase is quality higher education conducted by the university, polytechnic and college. Educational institutions are funded mainly from the state budget, however there are a large number of private schools and colleges that are funded in different ways. The paper explores all phases of education, then how individual institutions are financed and in what ways they provide funds for further work. Also, four basic methods of financing higher education can be seen through the paper