Professional paper

The State Exam: Between the Idea and Reality

Vojko Rešetar ; City of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of the current regulation of the State Exam. The State Exam is the most important tool used to assess the degree of accomplishment and capacity of the state, local, and regional civil servants to perform the required tasks. After explaining the components of the State Exam, the paper criticises the present way the Exam is organized and conducted. The paper offers some concrete suggestions for modernization of the Exam. Modernization will make the State Exam a reliable tool for appraising the level of civil servants’ knowledge. Its modernization can allow the growth of the entire level of knowledge and success of the Croatian public administration.

Keywords

state exam; examination process; improvement suggestions

Hrčak ID:

130531

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130531

Publication date:

18.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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