Educators

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Blackboard at the Fifth Belgrade High School

Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium

16.September 2026 B. B.

The professor of the Fifth Belgrade High School was removed from work for three months

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.

Educators are protesting because of numerous problems

Education

01.September 2026 B. B.

Teachers under a new stigma: "Enemies of the state" and "blockaders"

"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."

Labor rights

22.July 2026 CI

New economy: Every seventh employee in Serbia does not have a permanent job

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

"A lot of documentation is missing, a lot of documentation was misused. Computers were hacked, offices were broken into," claims Acting Director of the Fifth Belgrade High School Danka Nešović.

Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium

05.December 2025 B. B.

Nešović: In Peta Belgrade, documentation was misused, and computers were hacked

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.

Violence against teaching staff

21.November 2025 Bojan Bednar

A Year of Brutality: The Mass Exacerbation of Teachers

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 Inspection.

University of Belgrade

18.October 2025 B. B.

New pressure on the University of Belgrade: The dean of the Faculty of Philology has been summoned to a hearing

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.

In the elementary school "Jastrebački partizani" in Merošina, there is no heating and the ceiling leaks.

Municipality of Merosina

18.October 2025 MN

Elementary school "Jastrebački partizani" is leaking, there is no heating or water

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

Education

07.October 2025 B. B.

Ana Dimitrijević: The situation in schools is not normal

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.

Protest of educators in front of the Government building in October

Education

03.October 2025 Bojan Bednar

Kokot: Minister of "revenge" Stanković appoints directors "from the bottom of the bucket"

"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.

State repression

06.September 2025 Zoran Pavlovic

Retaliatory layoffs and solidarity: The solution lies in rebellion

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

Education

28.August 2025 B. B.

Professor Vujić: By insisting on the normalization of teaching, the essence of education is neglected

"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.

Education

27.August 2025 Katarina Stevanović

Before the first of September: Unrest among school desks

The last school year in Serbia ended turbulently. How will this one go?

Education

25.August 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

SNS is dedicated to teachers: Children will be taught by pupils

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

Pressures on education

06.June 2025 B. B.

Dejan Vuk Stanković replaced the headmistress of the school in Kraljevo

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

Education

12.May 2025. B. B.

The state just wants grades to be concluded: Continuation of intense pressure on educators

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

President of Serbia

16.April 2025. B. B.

The Russians and the unfortunate dogs said: There was no sound cannon

"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

Education

10.April 2025. B. B.

Only five days to make up for teaching in schools

Compensation for missed material is different, and working Saturdays are the least represented

"Student Edict" protest in Nis on March 1, 2025.

Education

09.April 2025. MJ

Niš: A call to all teachers for a complete suspension of work

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

Education

08.April 2025. B. B.

Đukić Dejanović: The school year will be extended by a maximum of five days

"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.

Personal attitude

07.April 2025. Ivana Peško

The day after the strike

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.

Protest in front of the Ministry of Education

State attack on strikers

02.April 2025. Marija L. Jankovic

Methodology of pressure: From teachers to university professors, let the rest get ready

The government in Serbia is trying to destroy the rebellion in education, both physically, verbally, and financially.

22.march 2025 B. B.

Protest of educators "We are not your targets"

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.

Protests

20.march 2025 MS

New economy: Collected over 75 million dinars for teachers

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

The fight for labor rights

19.march 2025 IN THE

The protest of educators and students has ended: They demand objective reporting and fulfillment of demands

Dissatisfied educators protested in front of the Ministry of Education, and then went on a walk towards RTS and the trade unions.

Croatia

19.march 2025 KS

One-day strike in schools in Croatia

Teachers and professors in more than 500 schools in Croatia are on a one-day strike on Wednesday (March 19).

Help for educators

18.march 2025 IN THE

Alek Kavčić announced how much money was collected for the staff in education who were deprived of their salary

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

United Education of Serbia

17.march 2025 B. B.

Call for a three-day general strike

"We wanted to invite members of other branches and professions and in other institutions to join the general strike together in order to contribute to the fulfillment of student demands," Aleksandar Vinić from the United Education of Serbia told Vreme.