The Centre for Curriculum Development and Examinations
The Centre for Curriculum Development and Examinations (ISEC)
is a public institution subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science
Republic of Latvia.
The Centre is financed from the state budget. Main activities of ISEC are:
- to organize development, approbation and improvement of the curriculum in primary education and universal compulsory secondary education;
- to develop educational standards and teaching and learning programs models;
- to organize affirmation and evaluation of the teaching materials;
- to consult and inform methodological and professional associations of teachers, administrations of educational establishments and heads of the regional methods department;
- to develop and improve national examination system, to administer examinations and mark test papers;
- to organize elucidation of talented students and their participation in national and international subject olympiads;
- to organize and coordinate programs of educational research connected with curriculum and examinations;
- to organize and coordinate system of passing tests of the state language;
- to analyze, evaluate, organize, methodologically and informative sustain activities and development of teacher professional development.
