Welcome to the official website of the Slovak National Institute for Education

The National Institute for Education works to ensure professional-methodical management of schools and school facilities as well as educational activities of teaching staff. NIE is a directly-managed organization of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic.

Main activities of NIE include addressing the curricular changes, applied educational research, professional and methodological advice, experimental verification, pilot training projects, reforms and changes in the content of education, the State guarantees of training programs, departmental research, professional and methodological management of schools in particular the creation of school educational programs, preparation of pedagogical documentation for schools and school facilities in the field of education and training of teaching staff.