Poland: who governs education

6 government bodies, 5 named officials, 5 programmes and 4 policies, from the ministries' own sites.

1 office on this page could not be matched to a current holder, and is shown as unverified rather than dropped. 1 source site did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.

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Government bodies

The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.

Ministry of National EducationMinisterstwo Edukacji Narodowej (MEN)

National ministry for primary and secondary education (oswiata): curriculum, teachers, school system; recreated 1 Jan 2024 when the combined Ministry of Education and Science (MEiN) was split back into education and science ministries.

Barbara Nowacka · Minister of Education (Ministra Edukacji)
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Katarzyna Lubnauer · Secretary of State, Ministry of National Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Henryk Kiepura · Secretary of State, Ministry of National Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Ministry of Science and Higher EducationMinisterstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyzszego (MNiSW)

Ministry for higher education and science policy, universities, research funding; the other half of the Jan 2024 MEiN split.

Marcin Kulasek · Minister of Science and Higher Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Ministry of Digital AffairsMinisterstwo Cyfryzacji (MC)

Digitalization, cybersecurity, and connectivity policy; owns the school-connectivity side of the program (OSE via NASK) and the State Digitalization Strategy to 2035.

Krzysztof Gawkowski · Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

NASK National Research InstituteNASK Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy

State research institute for cybersecurity and digital technologies; statutory operator of the OSE national education network under the Act on the National Educational Network.

agency Site partly readable Official site Source

Holder not verified · Director of NASK
Checked 2026-07-31; no current holder confirmed from an official source. Source

Educational Research InstituteInstytut Badan Edukacyjnych Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (IBE PIB)

State research institute for education research: runs Poland's participation in PISA/TIMSS/PIRLS/TALIS, vocational qualifications system, and education digitalization studies; rated A+ in pedagogy for 2022-2025.

institute Official site Source

Center for Education DevelopmentOsrodek Rozwoju Edukacji (ORE)

National teacher professional-development center: in-service teacher training, inclusive-education support centers (SCWEW), vocational and language competencies, training center in Sulejowek.

Programmes

Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.

OSE (Nationwide Education Network)

State-funded national school-connectivity network operated by NASK under the Act on the National Educational Network: free symmetric 100 Mbps internet plus security services (malware protection, attack blocking, content filtering) and connection equipment for schools.

Reach: Targets all ~30,500 schools/educational institutions (target figure per interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu; exact current connected count not verified)

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

AI Fund (Fundusz AI) and AI Council

PLN 1 billion (~EUR 235M) state fund announced Nov 2024 to finance AI development, with an AI Council coordinating the Ministries of Digital Affairs, Education, and Defence plus PFR, NCBiR, and BGK.

Reach: PLN 1B; detailed spending plans presented from early 2025

active As of 2024-11 Source

AI laboratories for 12,000 schools

MEN program equipping 8,000 primary and 4,000 secondary schools with AI labs (laptops, AI software, interactive displays, networking) at PLN 1.86B, inside a >PLN 5B school-digitization envelope, targeted for completion before the Sept 2026 school year.

Reach: 12,000 schools; PLN 1.86B (~EUR 437M) equipment budget

active As of 2026-06 Source

Friendly School

Government program for equalizing educational opportunities, 2025-2027, featured on the MEN homepage.

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

UNICEF-MEN 2025 work plan (refugee education)

Joint UNICEF-Ministry of National Education work plan for integrating Ukrainian refugee students (~253,000 in Polish schools, present in ~58% of schools) with language and psychosocial support, following the Aug 2024 compulsory-attendance mandate.

Reach: ~253,000 Ukrainian students; ~12,500 schools; 22,400 newly enrolled after the 2024 mandate

active As of 2025 Source

Policies and plans

The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.

Reforma26. Kompas Jutra (Compass of Tomorrow)2026-

MEN's flagship curriculum and school-system reform, modifying curricula from 2026; the ministry homepage's lead initiative, with an associated school-workshops program (Pracownie Kompas Jutra).

As of 2026-07-31 Source

Policy for the Digital Transformation of Educationin development

Dedicated national digital-education strategy still in development as of 2025, creating a policy window for coalition engagement.

As of 2025 Source

State Digitalization Strategy to 2035-2035

Ministry of Digital Affairs' overarching digitalization strategy, the frame for connectivity and digital-skills investment including the school-digitization envelope.

As of 2025 Source

Policy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Poland from 20202020-2027

National AI strategy adopted by the Council of Ministers December 2020; six thematic areas including AI and education, with short-term (2023), mid-term (2027) and long-term objectives.

As of 2020-12 Source