Since 1991, additional private institutions have been established. They offer courses in management, marketing, banking, and computer science. According to the Act, only full-time course programmes are free of charge to students who complete their studies in the allotted time period. In most institutions, full-time students must pay fees if they must repeat a year because of academic failure. Extramural, evening, and correspondence students, as well as non-degree students, are charged fees for their studies.
Private institutions charge fees for all forms of education.
The Central Council for Higher Education is a democratically elected body representing the academic community. The Minister of National Education supervises the activities of the higher education institutions, especially the use of funds allocated from the state budget. He must consult with the Council on the criteria for allocating these funds. The Council formulates opinions with regard to the directions to be given to the development of higher education and with regard to all proposed legislation concerning higher education. To a certain degree, it supervises the actions of the minister.