The general standards of achievement for basic adult education in Serbia were developed during 2011 and 2012 within the project “Development of educational standards for the completion of elementary adult education” by the Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation with the support of the project Second Chance - Development of functional adult education system in Serbia. Standards were published in June 2013 in the Rulebook on General Standards of Achievement for Primary Adult Education ("Official Gazette of RS", No. 13/50)

Teacher competences represent individual capacity for performing complex activities in educational work. Competences are a set of necessary knowledge, skills, personal values and attitudes ​​of teachers. Teachers play a central role in improving education, as they directly influence the learning and development process of students.

Being active members of their communities and working to earn their living, the adults gained certain informal knowledge, through their rich life experience. The purpose of Mathematics course is to add to that knowledge, systematize and functionalize it, so that course participants could master the basics of mathematical literacy. It means that the participants should be capable to apply the newly gained mathematical knowledge and skills in solving simple real-life problems, but also that the base should be set for their further training or learning, as it is a life-long process.