School principals could use the possibility of indefinite employment as a means of putting pressure on teachers, warns the president of the Independent Union of Educational Workers of Serbia, Dušan Kokot.
The manner in which Professor Violeta Kecman was removed from her job is a form of bullying, especially considering her long-term work, the title of Doctor of Science and her reputation among her colleagues, pointed out her lawyer Goran Cvetković.
"Today, the stigma of educators comes more from the Ministry of Education and from the government," says Ana Dimitrijević, president of the Forum of Belgrade High Schools, stating that teachers now present themselves as those who "support anarchy in schools" and want "bread without a hoe."
In Serbia, 14,5 percent of workers work under a fixed-term contract. This is as much as 4,6 percent more than the European Union average, according to Eurostat data for 2025
Although the acting director of the Fifth Belgrade High School, Danka Nešović, claims that many documents from that school were misused and the computers were hacked, the parents state that her claims "have nothing to do with the truth" and that her office was locked even when the students entered the blockade, and that the students do not have a spare key
More than half of the respondents in the survey, in which almost 470 teachers participated, stated that they were most often exposed to verbal violence, various types of humiliation and threats of inspection. Principals of schools and parents of students are leading in this
On October 21, the dean of the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade, Iva Draškić Vićanović, should be heard before the Misdemeanor Court due to the report of the Education Inspectorate.
Fifty kilometers from Leskovac, where the football stadium "Dubočica" was built for about 26 million euros, the elementary school in Merošina is leaking, has no heating or water
Parents who will be members of the parents' council are being "set up" in the school boards in order to make suitable decisions, warned Ana Dimitrijević, president of the Forum of Belgrade Grammar Schools.
"Wait, they choose directors from the bottom of the bucket, and educators should be silent? That will not happen, and the minister should know that," Dušan Kokot, president of the Independent Union of Educational Workers of Serbia (NSPRS), told Vreme.
True solidarity must be more than fleeting pity. It implies a willingness to defend principles, not just people. When a teacher loses his job because he refuses to bend to the political will, it is not a private misfortune, but a public warning to all of us. If we see it as someone's "personal problem", then authoritarian logic wins
"Instead of responsibility for the tragedy at the Novi Sad train station, the regime's violence against pupils, students and citizens followed, which made teaching absolutely meaningless," said Karlovac High School professor Jovana Vujić.
The last school year in Serbia ended turbulently. How will this one go?
New principals, as well as teachers, have entered schools in Serbia and will teach our children. A new era in teaching is beginning, because it is one thing for progressive staff to stamp stamps in municipalities, and quite another to teach Serbian language to children. Or that future builders learn statics
The teachers of the "IV Kraljevački Battalion" elementary school believe that the Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković dismissed the principal Marina Vučinić because she did not give in to the pressure to sanction the teachers who were on strike
The interlocutors of "Vremen" emphasize that the Ministry of Education is only interested in how to completely suppress any kind of rebellion with pressure and that the school year ends, and educators go on vacation, so that students lose an important ally
"On March 15, everything was prepared for the final launch of the colored revolution," said Vučić. And the Russian FSB categorically concluded that there was no use of any sonic weapons
Compensation for missed material is different, and working Saturdays are the least represented
Niš educators, students and the Free University of Niš call on all teachers and professors in Serbia to stop work every week. In three high schools in Niš, professors recently decided to end their strike
"The academic year can be extended only for those schools that do not make up for the missed classes in the academic year," the Ministry of Education explains.
This cataclysm did not happen because educators have a salary below the national average, but because their profession is completely meaningless, and their position is above all disenfranchised.
The government in Serbia is trying to destroy the rebellion in education, both physically, verbally, and financially.
At the meeting near "London", the informal organization of Belgrade secondary schools (PULS) observed 17 minutes of silence, which honored the victims of the tragedy in Novi Sad and those who died in the fire in North Macedonia.
For teachers and teaching staff who did not receive salaries due to the suspension of work in schools, the Alek Kavčić Foundation and the informal group of IT experts Solidarity Network for Education created platforms to collect money
Dissatisfied educators protested in front of the Ministry of Education, and then went on a walk towards RTS and the trade unions.
Teachers and professors in more than 500 schools in Croatia are on a one-day strike on Wednesday (March 19).
After many teachers in Serbia had their February salaries reduced due to the suspension of work, the "Alek Kavčić" Foundation launched a relief campaign. More than 22 million dinars have been paid so far
