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Education in Slovenia
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The Slovenian education system consists of:

pre-school education

basic education (single structure of primary and lower secondary education)

(upper) secondary education: vocational and technical education, secondary general education

higher vocational education

higher education

Specific parts of the system:

adult education

music and dance education

special needs education

programmes in ethnically and linguistically mixed areas

Currently there are three public universities in Slovenia:

University of Ljubljana

University of Maribor

University of Primorska

In addition, there is the private University of Nova Gorica.

The Programme for International Student Assessment, coordinated by the OECD, currently ranks Slovenia's education as the 12th best in the world, being significantly higher than the OECD average.