The purpose of the hereby work is an attempt of assessment of the selected key aspects of the impact of European Social Fund on the development of education in the Lubelskie Voivodeship in the years 2007-2013 in the framework of the regional component of the Operational Programme Human Capital. The authors limited their scope to financial perspective commencing in 2007 and the analysis covered the period from 31 December 2013. As the basic research method an analysis of content of documents was applied. The largest group of materials used in the hereby work is made up of source materials, that is generally available, grouped according to type documents published by institutions dealing with implementation of the Operational Programme Human Capital 2007-2013 (including reports from research and review reports). Furthermore, among others, programme documents, online materials and encyclopaedic elaborations have been used. The subject of analysis was divided into a short characteristics of the area of education, types and key effects of projects realized within the framework of hte Operational Programme Human Capital in the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The aspects of the impact of the European Social Fund on the area of education were shown in the scope of the following issues: pre-school education, general education and vocational and continuous training.