Štátny inštitút odborného vzdelávania (ŠIOV)

State Vocational Education Institute (ŠIOV) is an agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in charge of vocational education and training in Slovakia (methodological, pedagogical, guidance and coordination tasks). The Institute is the national guarantor of vocational education and training (VET) in the network of secondary vocational schools in the Slovak Republic. It includes Referent and the Slovak Centre of Practice Enterprises).