As laid out in the Book, the underlying principles of the education reform in Montenegro are decentralisation of the system, equal opportunities, application of a quality system, development of human resources, lifelong education, flexibility, possibilities of transfer (vertical and horizontal interconnectedness of the system), compatibility of curricula with the level of education, interculturalisation and the gradual introduction of changes.
U Knjizi promena stoji da su glavni principi reforme školstva u Crnoj Gori decentralizacija sistema, jednake mogućnosti, primena sistema kvaliteta, razvoj ljudskih resursa, doživotno učenje, fleksibilnost, mogućnosti prebacivanja (vertikalna i horizontalna međupovezanost sistema), kompatibilnost nastavnog plana sa stepenom obrazovanja, interkulturalnost i postepeno uvođenje promena.