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2) Give opinion on the procedure for the adoption of a normative act regulating the network of pre-school facilities and primary schools in the
local self-government unit where the national minority language is used officially or in the education work;
3) Determine which educational institutions are of particular interest in education of the national minority. If there are on the whole more than
four institutions, not more than a half of the overall number of institutions performing the education work in the national minority language
may be pronounced as institutions with special importance. If there are fewer than four institutions of such kind, then one of the institutions,
performing the education work exclusively in the national minority language or alongside with other languages, may be considered to have
special importance. In case of a national minority whose language is not used in teaching, rules stated in this point shall be applied accordingly
to the institutions where language or spoken dialect, with some elements of the minority culture, is taught.
4) Give opinion to the Minister of Education in the process of establishing the network of high schools and institutions for pupils and students;
5) Give opinion to the Minister of Education in the process of giving consent to a school functioning outside the school’s seat, where teaching is
done in the national minority language;
6) Recommend to the founder, i.e. the Republic, autonomous province or local self-government unit that the school branch where teaching is
done in the national minority language should become independent;
7) Give opinion on the procedure for determining the number of pupils to be enrolled in high school, as well as on the procedure for giving
consent to the number of pupils who will acquire vocational training, prequalification, further qualifications and specialization;
8) Give opinion to the Minister of Education regarding the procedure for giving consent to the opening of a class for fewer than 15 students in
which the national minority language is used;
9) Provide comments to the institutions for pupils and students standards
on the procedure for allocating places in those institutions
10) Give opinion on the procedure for the distribution of the budgetary funds of the Republic, autonomous province and local self-government
unit, which are allocated through open calls to institutions and associations in the field of education;
11) Set aside scholarships out of its own resources and through its regulations determine the criteria and procedure as to their granting, and
implement the procedure for their allocation;
12) Nominate its representative at the National Education Council who shall participate in its operation with no decision making power, when
teaching within the education system is done in the national minority language, and when the National Education Council considers issues which
are important for education of the national minority;
13) Nominate its representative at the National Council for Higher Education who shall be a valid member of this Council when teaching in
higher education is done in the national minority language;
14) Perform other activities in this field envisaged by the law or other regulations.
3. Competences in the field of culture
Right of establishment
Article 16
The National Council may, in accordance with the law, establish cultural institutions for the purpose of preservation, improvement and
development of a minority’s cultural specificity and for the preservation of the national minority identity and it may exercise rights and
obligations of the founder.
The institutions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be established by the National Council itself or in co-operation with the Republic,
autonomous province, local self-government unit or other legal personality in accordance with the law.
The Republic, autonomous province and local self-government unit as founders of the institutions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may
delegate their right of establishment, in its entirety or to a degree, to the National Council.
Participation in the institutional management
Article 17
In cultural institutions founded by the Republic, autonomous province or local self-government unit and which were declared by the National
Council to be of particular importance for the preservation of the national minority identity, the National Council shall:
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