 43 oecd reviews of evaluation and assessment in education: albania oecd 2020 Chapter The Albanian education system

Figure 1.1. Structure of education governance in Albania 

 

Note: This figure provides a broad overview of the governance structure in Albania but does not include all 

governance units and sub-units. It is not the official organigram of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth. 

AADF = Albanian-American Development Foundation. 

Adapted from: MoESY (2018

[23]

), OECD Review of Evaluation and Assessment: Country Background Report 

for Albania, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Tirana; Wort, M., Pupovci, D. and Ikonomi, E. (2019

[22]

), 

Appraisal 

of 

the 

Pre-University 

Education 

Strategy 

2014-2020, 

https://www.unicef.org/albania/reports/appraisal-pre-university-education-strategy-2014-2020

 (accessed on 13 

January 2020). 

Albania’s curriculum and assessment frameworks orient teaching and learning, 

and schools have flexibility on implementation 

Albania’s  current  curriculum  framework,  published  in  2014,  defines  the  goals,  general 

principles,  educational  levels,  crosscutting  key  competencies  and  subject  areas  of  the 

pre-tertiary education system. It sets out a constructivist and student-centred approach to 

teaching  and  learning  and  describes  the  methods  teachers  should  be  using  in  their 

classrooms, such as formative assessment and portfolio. It sets forth the key competencies 

for lifelong learning that all students are expected to achieve by the end of upper secondary 

education, informed by the EU’s 2006 Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong 

Learning (UNESCO, 2017

[24]

). 

Educational 

Services Centre

School Principals