While the government is planning the preparation of a new Law on Higher Education, the academic community is responding by taking to the streets and protesting. The protest "Let's defend the universities" was held on Friday (May 23) in front of the Government of Serbia, and the organizers, among other things, requested the announcement of elections
What is in store for the new Law on Higher Education? Many suspect that his purpose is to deal the final blow to the rebel universities, to abolish their autonomy. Especially since Aleksandar Vučić himself has been openly talking about punishing disobedient faculties for months
The Parliament of Serbia adopted amendments to the Law on Higher Education, and again only members of the government attended the session. "Despite tear gas, despite shock bombs, smoke bombs, fire extinguishers, despite terrorist attacks, we managed to fulfill the fourth student demand," said Ana Brnabić
After the rebellion of university professors against the legal changes that would allow the Minister of Education to grant work permits to foreign faculties at his own discretion, the Government withdrew its proposal. Vučić was very angry because of that. What was disputed in the Bill
The storm in education was caused by the announcement of the arrival of foreign faculties without accreditation, because of which the University of Belgrade threatened "temporary suspension of work". The authorities soon relented, and Prime Minister Vučević announced that the bill was being withdrawn "due to unprecedented pressure and blackmail". Former Rector Ivanka Popović and former Minister of Education Srđan Verbić talk about problems in education in the new issue of "Vremena".
The Committee for Higher Education SANU sent a letter to the Government of Serbia and the Ministry of Education in which it emphasizes that the proposal to amend the law threatens the quality of higher education in Serbia
In the Proposal to amend the Law on Higher Education, it is written that in the future the state will be able to subsidize foreign universities in Serbia, as well as that these universities will receive work permits only on the basis of an agreement with the Ministry of Education. This caused violent reactions
Ljupka Mihajlovska, director of the Center for Students with Handicap, says for the "Vremena" portal that there are no policies and procedures that would clearly determine what is the responsibility of whom and according to which the teaching staff could be oriented. And there is a lack of material and human resources
