Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš

Higher education

09.September 2026 B. B.

New pressures on the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš

After months of pressure from the Ministry of Education on the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, there was also a threat that the scientific research status of the faculty could be called into question.

Before the first of September: Primary education in Serbia

26.August 2026 Jelena Jorgacevic

If that's fine with you, then nothing

Great inequalities among children, excessive programs, poor position of teachers, lack of staff and increasing centralization are some of the neuralgic points of our eight-year schools, Professor Aleksandar Baucal tells "Vreme". So what kind of tomorrow awaits us? Why do all eighth-grade students from Serbia lag behind their peers from the European Union on average, and how can this be changed? In this spirit, teacher Predrag Starčević, a man for whom his job is a mission, teaches children true values

Signing up

09.April 2026. NM

More points for high school: A hatchet for small-town schooling?

It is unclear whether the Ministry of Education is proposing or already introducing an increase in the number of points that primary school students must collect in order to enter high schools and four-year vocational schools. But it seems that they did not think of attacking schools in smaller towns

Blackboard at the Fifth Belgrade High School

Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium

23.February 2026. KS

Continuation of purges: End of Danka Nešović's mandate and new teacher suspensions

As of today, the fifth high school in Belgrade has no director or acting director, as Danka Nešović's mandate has expired. Although the competition has been announced several times, it has not been announced until today, and the Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković, appearing on a pro-regime TV station, now claims that a new candidate will be appointed on Tuesday.

Danka Nešović and Aleksandar Vučić

Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium

20.February 2026. KS

End of Danka Nešović's mandate: Still no competition for a new director

Although the Minister of Education, Dejan Vuk Stanković, has repeatedly announced that the competition for the director of the Fifth Belgrade High School will be announced "very soon", this has not happened to date. Some teachers warn of pressures, suspensions and deterioration of working and teaching conditions

Sanu

Education

26.November 2025 KS

SANU: Enlightenment is causing immeasurable damage

The recent moves made by the Ministry of Education cause unobtrusive damage to the already damaged education system in Serbia, concludes the Academic Committee for Education of the Serbian Academy of Sciences