The students of a Belgrade school already had the privilege of opting for mountaineering as an extracurricular activity. From autumn, "Mountaineering - stay in nature" will be an official optional subject, and Zoran Kontić, an instructor at the Mountaineering Association of Serbia, tells Vreme that it will be offered to all schools in Serbia by the Ministry of Education.
At the "Nikola Tesla" Elementary School in Vinci, from September, students will be able to choose a new optional subject - Mountain climbing.
Natavniki and students with their parents had the opportunity to get acquainted with the basics of mountaineering, which was followed by a trip to Avala.
From the beginning of the next school year, a curriculum will be created, classes will be taught by school employees with the help of members of the Mountaineering Association of Serbia (PSS), and they will also have their assistance for organized trips to nature.
Mountaineering as an optional subject
PSS instructor Zoran Kontić tells "Vreme" that starting this autumn, mountaineering will be an official optional subject, which will be offered to all schools in Serbia by the Ministry of Education.
"We have been striving for a long time to connect with young people in an organized way through the ministries of education and sports." The conversations we had with them bore fruit", says Kontić.
The interlocutor of "Vremen" says that the Ministry of Education has already accepted that mountaineering be offered in extracurricular activities, but not as an optional subject.
"The Mountaineering Association of Serbia has developed a mountaineering training manual for children of primary school age. So now there is a plan and program, just like for any other subject. As well as the training plan for the teachers themselves who would work with the children", explains Kontić.
He adds that there are currently six subjects that are official optional subjects.
"From the fall of this year, mountaineering will be the seventh program that will be included in those subjects and will be officially offered by the Ministry," says Kontić.
Currently, such teaching is taking place experimentally in several schools in Serbia.
How does hiking affect a child's development?
"Nikola Tesla" Primary School in Vinča has also introduced tennis as an extracurricular activity, in addition to hiking.
"It's all about the administration and the team, as soon as you come to the school you feel that people are very capable and creative and that they do everything they can for their students, beyond what is required." I would call such a school an elite school, unlike some others that have that adjective", says Kontić.
Mountaineering teaches children how to overcome their psychological barriers to successfully overcome physical obstacles. It requires discipline of body and mind and encourages children to respect their own and others' time, as well as mutual agreement.
In addition to contributing to healthier development and physical condition, hiking also contributes to reducing aggressive behavior and strengthening friendships.
"It even has a religious character, because when you go to the highest mountain peaks where you are the only people, you face the beauty, but also the dangers that nature carries." On the one hand, it causes elation in a person, on the other hand, it causes him to use up some of his limits", says Kontić.
He adds that on the mountain you experience a feeling in which you reduce yourself to the right measure.
"It is a real religious feeling. So you realize that you are completely insignificant as an individual, even as a species, and that your only significance is that you are a part of the magnificent beauty in which you reside at that moment. In nature, man is indispensable to man for survival", explains Kontić.
National sport in the region
In Slovenia and other Appalachian countries, mountaineering is a national sport. However, the interlocutor of "Vremena" recalls that in our neighborhood it was also introduced as a compulsory subject at universities, as is the case in Bulgaria.
"Bulgarians connected mountaineering directly with tourism. In this way, they made a national activity out of it, which on the one hand improves the economy, and on the other hand allows students to create a relationship with nature that really affects the formation and personality and makes them better people", concludes Kontić.
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