Singing is and will always be present in education. It is the most natural human behaviour in terms of music and is the favourite student activity. This work has two parts. In the first part, the author uses the already existing data to show the profile of the music pedagogue, the education of the music pedagogue as well as the acquisition of musical and educational competencies. The author also shows the organisation of the study in accordance with the Bologna Process, the institutions which educate music pedagogues and the example of the study of music education at the Academy of Arts in Osijek. The development of singing is described by means of the educational system throughout history and in Croatia. The work indicates the basic elements of the vocal technique and identifies the key vocal skills. In the second part, the author presents the data obtained by her own research, including every student of the university undergraduate and graduate studies of music education at the Academy of Arts in Osijek. The research consists of two parts: a student poll and the testing of students. The student poll was carried out in May 2015 and the testing of students in June 2015. The purpose of the research was to collect data which would show the level of the vocal skills of the students of music education. Based on the results of the research, it is concluded that female students possess better vocal skills than male students; that the students of the 4th year of the undergraduate study and the 1st year of the graduate study possess better vocal skills than the students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the undergraduate study; and that the students are critical of their own vocal skills, making harsher judgments about their vocal skills than those conducting the research.