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."

Research

Big desires, small capacities

In schools, almost all actors participate in morally problematic behavior, i.e. there is a considerable amount of dishonesty and "shortcuts". This applies to the administration (43 percent of teachers agree that "in their school, teachers are mostly hired through relationships"), students (38 percent of 5th-8th grade teachers believe that the use of illegal means, such as copying, bugs, and guns, is at least somewhat widespread among their students), teachers (35 percent of teachers say that at the teacher's council in almost every class, some grade is corrected for a student who did not deserve it with his results). Our data shows that the public (even slightly more than the teachers themselves) think that "many parents put pressure on teachers to give their children grades" and that students do not respect teachers enough

From the newsletter

01.October 2025 Katarina Stevanović

School on dialysis

Due to kidney problems, about forty children have to undergo dialysis regularly. Because of this, they often miss classes, and those on hemodialysis can attend school in the hospital. What does it look like and what problems do children on dialysis face?

Choir in Block 11b

On the spot

23.march 2025 Milica Tošić

The People's Assembly in the block: What we can do alone

They were inspired by the students, but there were no big political speeches here. "Vremena" reporter conveys the atmosphere from the people's assembly in Novi Beograd's Block 11b, where they talked about the school, the cleanliness of the parks and parking

The only student and teacher

Education

14.December 2024 Feith-Ulrich Braun (DW)

A whole school for one Wise Man

On the Croatian island of Kaprije, a school was recently opened - for only one student. Locals hope that this is the beginning of saving the aging island, which fills up only when tourists flood in

A story from life

19.October 2024 Ilija Rajacic

Letter from an educator

"If something doesn't change in education in the next year or two, you pack your bags, enroll your children in foreign languages ​​and fire, relatives, fire." For you, if you even think for yourself, there is no place here!", is the message of Ilija Rajačić from Zrenjanin