Ministry of Education and Sports Republic of Serbia EDUCATION IN SERVICE OF POVERTY REDUCTION Second

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Ministry of Education and SportsRepublic of
SerbiaEDUCATION IN SERVICE OF POVERTY
REDUCTIONSecond Conference of the Government of
the Republic of Serbia on Poverty Reduction20
September, Bela Crkva

• Vesna Fila
• Assistant Minister

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SIGNIFICANCE OF EDUCATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

• Results of the Living Standards Survey ( 2002)
• In Serbia - 69 poor have completed primary/not
  completed secondary school
• Total of poor persons with tertiary education -
  2
• Strong correlation between low level of education
  and poverty (higher level of education and higher
  living standards) obvious
• Investment into human capital i.e. education
  one of the ways out of poverty

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COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF FUNDING OF EDUCATION IN
THE WORLD AND IN SERBIA _________________________
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OVERVIEW OF FUNDING OF EDUCATION IN THE WORLD
AND IN SERBIA (?uthor S. Karavidic, PhD)
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COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF FUNDING OF EDUCATION IN
THE WORLD AND IN SERBIA ________________________
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OVERVIEW OF FUNDING OF EDUCATION IN THE WORLD
AND IN SERBIA (?uthor S. Karavidic, PhD)
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SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONSallocation for education from
the Republican budget are increasing

• Local budget allocations must be directed to
• Rationalization and reorganization of the network
  of educational institutions at all levels
• Implementation of programs of training and
  additional training of teachers

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ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
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LEGISLATION

• educational policy in line with the UN
  Convention on the Right of the Child and the
  Millennium Goal no.2 that all children have a
  right to education
• In line with
• The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia,
• The Law on Bases of the Educational System
• The Law on Social Child Care
• The Law on Tertiary Education, etc.
• Mandatory preparatory pre-school program free of
  charge
• ( children from five to six and a half years of
  age )

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HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL

DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRATIZATION
accessibility
Development and ?odernization
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

• ACCESSIBILITY

EQUALITY
FAIRNESS
TRANSPARENCY
EUROPEAN STANDARDS
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TEACHING AND CURRICULUM IN THE FIRST STAGE OF
PRIMARY EDUCATION
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TEACHING AND CURRICULUM IN THE SECOND STAGE OF
PRIMARY EDUCATION
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PROJECTS RELEVANT TO DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION

• Capacity building of schools (teachers and
  non-teachers) in the area of democratization of
  education
• Prevention of trafficking
• Prevention of student delinquency
• Protection of the rights of children (Children
  ombudsman)
• School without violence (UNICEF)
• Strategy of education of persons with
  disabilities
• OECD/CERI for students with handicap and students
  at risk
• Inclusion model at the level of preschool
  education
• Partial inclusion and model of new special school

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EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

• Curriculum adapted to students with developmental
  problems
• Alleviation of effects of poverty on children
  with special needs, the Ministry, Save the
  Children
• Functional education of persons with handicap

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STRAGEGY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

• Strategy of vocational education passed the
  Parliament procedure
• To be reviewed by the National Council of
  Education and the Government

Strategy of vocational education
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VOCATIONAL EDUCTION

• International classification of education
  (ISCED1997)
• Program of reform of vocational education"
  (CARDS)- 105 secondary vocational schools
• Economic profile (GTZ)
• No. of students loans increased (262 deficit
  professions)
• No. of scholarships reduced (no 10.470, sums
  doubled from CSD 1500 to CSD 3.000)
• 10.000 places for high school students
• Poor children exempted from payment, children of
  war veterans and Roma who receive scholarships
• Young Talents Fund loans and scholarships
• Programming of enrollment into high schools and
  integration into the labor market

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TERTIARY EDUCATION

• by 2010 European Zone of Tertiary Education
  preservation of cultural, linguistic and national
  characteristics of each country
• Law on Tertiary Education adopted in line with
  the principles of Bologna Declaration
  fulfilling the needs of modern society and market
  economy towards a more efficient system
• Increased number of students loans (18.350) and
  their amount from CSD3.750 to CSD 5.100
• Loan of students with average grade over 8.5
  considered scholarship (non-refundable)

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SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
TRAINING

• professional training of teachers
• Project of professional training of employees in
  the sector of education
• (50.000 beneficiaries, 60 programs, EUR 2
  million in two years)
• Support to inclusive education of the Roma - CSD
  33 million foreseen
• Strategic aims implemented in the areas of
  quality assurance, school development planning
  and decentralization
• Development of education system in the Republic
  of Serbia, component School grant- 834 schools
  made development plans and projects

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JAP

• Joint Action Plan provides for activities in the
  Roma Decade, drafting of regulations, criteria
  and procedures affirmative actions
• ?inistry of Education and Sports establishment
  of database
• Roma children - primary schools 3.53, the
  largest number in Nisava district (8.64) and
  Jablanica district (7.66). The smallest number
  in Raska district (0.95) and Zlatibor district
  (0.90)
• Access to preschools of Roma children ( National
  Council of the Roma National Community)
• The Ministry in cooperation with the Republican
  Council for Ethnic Minorities and the National
  Council of the Roma National Community defined
  criteria and procedures of implementation of
  affirmative actions for enrollment of the greater
  number of Roma children into secondary schools in
  the school year 2005/06.

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PROJECTS AIMED AT PROMOTION OF EDUCATION OF THE
ROMA

• 'Functional education of adult Roma'' National
  Council of the Roma National Community, Institute
  for Pedagogy and Andragogy ( education of the
  Roma aged 15 t? 35 who have not completed 7th and
  8th grade of primary school)
• Expanding the access of the Roma children to
  preschools
• Improvement of education of the Roma in
  Bujanovac''
• 'Campaign of enrollment of Roma children in
  schools in Subotica, Valjevo and Bujanovac'
• 'Research into reasons for early drop-out among
  the Roma in western Serbia
• Ministry of Education and Sports and OSCE
  organized a round table on preparation of local
  action plans for improvement of the Roma
  education ( 20 best proposals to receive
  financial assistance)

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WE PLAN

• School managements, representatives of local
  communities will be informed about the Roma
  Decade and JAP (we are organizing round tables,
  seminars)
• We are preparing project proposals in the area of
  Roma education in cooperation with the PRS
  Implementation Focal Point and a local consultant
• APPLICATION OF THE INCLUSION INDEX TO SENSITIZE
  THE EMPLOYEES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OBJECTIVES IN THE AREA OF
POVERTY REDUCTION

• Increasing employment possibilities through
  raising the educational level of population
  (mandatory education extended to include
  preschool preparatory program,etc.)
• Increasing effectiveness of educational sector
  (higher efficiency of teaching, strengthening the
  role of parents and students, optimization of the
  network of elementary and high schools, etc)

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TASKS AHEAD

• Monitoring of initiated projects and initiation
  of new projects
• October 2006 the Ministry in cooperation with the
  Government of the Kingdom of Norway promotion
  of education of the Roma and closer cooperation
  between Roma and non-Roma children, their parents
  and teachers
• Plan training of Roma assistants and
  introduction of assistants into teaching (?SCE)

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Objective HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL
(DAKAR FRAMEWORK 2000, Paris 2005,UNESCO,
EFA)