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The sixth high school in Belgrade came into the public spotlight when the union of this school - on the day of the state matriculation exam, May 31 - went on strike. The professors of the Sixth Belgrade High School decided on this move after the Ministry of Education did not respond for months to their request that the director Radisav Milić be immediately relieved of his duties. In the meantime, they organized a protest in front of the gymnasium. However, there is still no official response from the competent institutions.

Radisav Milić came to this school as an acting director, and he was chosen and appointed by former minister Branko Ružić in November 2020. The Forum of Belgrade High Schools (FBG) officially requested the dismissal of the director at the beginning of March this year due to what they say was the issuance of invalid certificates. It is further stated that in April, the City Education Inspectorate found illegalities in his work and that, although the law stipulates that the minister should therefore order his dismissal, only a warning was received.

"The key problem is inspection. We are in the Ministry and managed to reach someone, and they know very well what we are facing. We talked to the inspectorate several times. Even according to their statements, the problem is that someone is protecting him. Institutions are not doing their job. Those who are in charge of controlling the director's work, they protect him. Now they are creating a problem for themselves. They ordered the director to take certain measures, to correct certain things, and he is not doing it. And they persistently do nothing, so that they don't have to order the minister to dismiss him", says history teacher Željko Matić for "Vreme"...

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