During the period of Iveta Radičová government (8 July 2010 – 4 April 2012) he served as the Minister of Education of Slovakia.

[2] Jurzyca is well-known for promoting public debt reduction, evidence-based policymaking and favorable business environment.

He is the recipient of the highest state honor, Order of Ľudovít Štúr of the second class, awarded in 2005 by the President of Slovakia.

He was a member of the panel at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Kyiv, Ukraine and at the European Commission "Baltic Booster Conference".

In 1996 and 1997, Jurzyca was a panel member at OECD seminars for competition in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kyiv and Istanbul, Turkey.