Education

Tag: Education

28.August 2023 BG

Educators to the ministry: You have recommended the opposite of what should be done

Instead of the teachers being relieved and devoting themselves to the education of the students, they received a very clear notification that all educational content and outcomes must be achieved, as if the previous school year had not been interrupted

Education

24.August 2023 Z.S.

Educators: Salaries of employees to "immediately" equal the average salary in Serbia

Representatives of the representative trade unions of education demanded at the meeting with the Minister of Education Slavica Đukić Dejanović that the salaries of employees in education "immediately" equal the level of the average salary in Serbia and to develop strategies for increasing it in the coming period.

Politics and education

24.August 2023 Z.S.

Punished Zrenjanin professor: The government wants to control education

Sociology professor Senka Jankov from the Zrenjanin High School had her appeal rejected against the decision on the disciplinary measure of "reduction of 20 percent of salary for three months". The decision to suspend Jankov, as previously announced, was withdrawn, but she was punished with a three-month salary reduction of 20 percent for sharing information at school about the "Serbia against violence" protest.

Protests against violence

20.August 2023 Z.S.

Miroslav Aleksić: New wording of protest, elections maybe even before spring

President of the National Movement of Serbia and MP Miroslav Aleksić said that the protests in "Serbia against violence" at the end of August or in the first week of September will have a new wording, which must be a step forward. Because, "what happened to Serbia must not be forgotten", said Aleksic

Activism and education

18.August 2023 AE

"Serbia against violence" in several cities: Schools are unsafe places for children

Protests were held in Novi Sad, Niš, Jagodina Čačak and Gornji Milanovac

Education

15.August 2023 BG

Unions: Still without instructions on the start of the school year

The spokeswoman of the Nezavisnost Educators' Union, Vesna Vojvodić Mitrović, said that it sounds unreasonable, even impossible, that three months after the mass murders, there is no clear and thoughtful response from the Government and the Ministry.

Education

14.August 2023 BG

Newspaper for students: Who will have three and who will have four vacations?

From September 1, elementary and high school students can expect more physical education classes in 120 classes. Higher salaries for educators

Society

10.August 2023 MJ

Educators received less salary over the summer

According to the Union of Education Workers' Union of Serbia, this reduction ranges from around 4.000 dinars and even up to 10.000 dinars. The reason is the way of calculating earnings during the annual vacation and non-payment of overtime work for the period when there are no classes

Society

06.August 2023 MJ

Dušan Kokot: It's time for enlighteners to take to the streets

Dušan Kokot stated that what is happening in education is a picture of everything that is happening in society, that the government is still of the opinion that "the system has not failed" and that there are no government officials responsible for the problems, which is why he expects that they will continue to behave unchanged

Education

03.August 2023 AB

From September, more physical education classes in schools

In 100 elementary school classes, students will have physical education classes five times a week, and 20 secondary schools four times a week.

Education

26.July 2023 MN

Slavica Đukić Dejanović: Rotating minister and all sorts of other things

The official of the Socialist Party of Serbia is one of the long-term political women. She has been at the top of the government for decades, holding all kinds of positions, from the president of the Assembly, to the director of the "Laza Lazarevic" psychiatric hospital, to the special adviser to Prime Minister Brnabić. It doesn't wave, it doesn't run out, and that's how it stays. Now she is the Minister of Education

The Union of Trade Unions of Belgrade Schools

19.July 2023 Sanja Zrnić

Salary increase announced in education: Games without bread

The Union of Education Workers Union of Serbia announced that the announced salary increase for education workers from September of 5,5 percent is not enough and called on the Government to act urgently. On this occasion, we spoke with the president of the Belgrade School Union, Snežana Romandić. For the "Vremena" portal, she presented an analysis of the current salary of educational workers and explained what a 5,5 percent increase to that amount specifically means.

Education

08.July 2023 Sanja Zrnić

Dean of the Faculty of Physics: The teaching profession has been pushed into the doldrums for years

The number of freshmen at teaching faculties in Serbia is worryingly small. This news has been repeated for a decade, but nothing is being done about it. "The state must immediately start solving this problem, systemically and without half-assed solutions, following the steps proposed in the 'eight deans' platform", says Prof. Prof. Dr. Ivan Belča

Workers' rights

25.June 2023 Z.S.

Kindergartens in Serbia: Technical staff leave due to poor working conditions

Housekeepers, waitresses, couriers, kitchen workers, cooks, bakers, drivers and craftsmen employed in kindergartens will not receive the announced salary increase from September. Kindergartens remain without technical staff due to extremely unfavorable working conditions, warned the Union of Preschool Education and Education of Serbia

Personal attitude

21.June 2023 Srdjan Verbic

Letter to the future Minister of Education 2.0

There is nothing more important than that the immediate actors of the education system understand why certain changes are in their interest. This cannot be done without transparency of decision-making, i.e. clear priorities, criteria and data. A situation in which there is only one state narrative with "increasing GDP" and "foreign investments" is not a suitable ground for building trust. It would have to go in the opposite direction, starting with the long-term interest of our children and then unwinding

Personal attitude

16.June 2023 Vladimir Obradovic

Slavica Đukić Dejanović: Permanent Minister of General Practice

The regime's proposal for Minister of Education is a prominent politician from the period of greatest violence, the period when professors were expelled from universities and young people from the country, when Serbia, like today, was ruled by SPS, JUL and radicals

Sixth Belgrade High School

16.June 2023 Z.S.

Request for immediate dismissal of the director: There is a legal basis, but the political will is lacking

The professors of the Sixth Belgrade High School addressed the Ministry of Education for the first time in March of this year with the request that the director of the Sixth Belgrade High School, Radisav Milić, be immediately relieved of his duties. Since he took office, according to the professors employed at this gymnasium, he exerted various pressures on the teaching staff, threatened and punished them, and in addition awarded invalid certificates to students.

Education

08.June 2023 Z.S.

The teacher's calling: How to make it a privilege again

How to restore the reputation of the teaching profession and once again make it a privilege for the best, we talked with the dean of the Faculty of Teachers in Belgrade, prof. Dr. Danimir Mandić. He spoke about the way today's students are preparing for the teaching profession, desirable changes in the school system and the challenges we face as a society.

Education

02.June 2023 Z.S.

Ministry of Education: Schools received instructions for concluding grades

School principals received a letter from the Ministry of Education with instructions on how to organize teaching and assessment, after yesterday the Government of Serbia concluded that the teaching year must end on June 6.

Education

27.April 2023. Z.S.

Schools in Serbia: There are not enough teachers

Apart from doctors and lawyers, the country lacks teaching staff. The Board of Directors of the Association of Directors of Serbia addresses the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development with a request to allow the hiring of incomplete students or teachers who are already retired

Education

01.December 2022 MN

Educators' strike: Disjointed protest in 47 cities

The Union of Educators will suspend work today, and protest gatherings have been announced at noon in 47 cities and municipalities in Serbia. However, the unions are disunited, some teachers will go on strike, some will not, some are members of the union, some are not, the principals of certain schools are threatening fines, and so is the Minister of Education, Branko Ružić.

Violence in schools

05.June 2013 Dragan Prica

The teacher as an official

Towards the end of each school year, professors, teachers and tutors face pressure from students to get grades they don't deserve. It is a matter of disharmony between the wishes, knowledge and upbringing of students, which occasionally erupts in the form of open violence