| CAS | Common Admission System |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ECTS | European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System |
| ESCS | PISA index of economic, social and cultural status |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GPA | Grade Point Average |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| IEA | International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| IEQE | Завод за вредновање квалитета образовања и васпитања - Serbia’s Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation |
| IIE | Завод за унапређивање образовања и васпитања - Serbia’s Institute for Improvement of Education |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IT | Information Technology |
| MICS | Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey |
| MoESTD | Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја - Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| PIRLS | Progress in International Reading Literacy Study |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| RSAs | Regional School Authorities |
| SEN | Special Education Needs |
| SICI | Standing International Conference of Inspectors |
| SORS | Републички завод за статистику - Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TIMSS | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| UIS | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| VET | Vocational Education Training |