Izvor: N1 televizija, 20.Sep.2018, 11:08   (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)

Digitalization project fails to cover most Serbian schools

Electronic report cards and computer-equipped classrooms are still at the level of a pilot project in Serbia schools despite government promises that every classroom in the country will get computer networks by September 1.

The government’s teams working on the digitalization of Serbian schools is continuing its efforts to introduce electronic report cards and have managed to get things going in some 600 of the 1,800 schools in the country with the Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << saying that the process is ongoing.

“The project requires training for all teachers by the end of the year and that will happen,” he said adding that the funding has been secured for the training and computer equipment.

The minister and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic visited a school to attend a class in a computer-equipped classroom in Belgrade. They were told by Dragan Tomic from the non-profit organization Digital Serbia about the Let’s Be Smart campaign. “The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness that the current industrial revolution is an opportunity for Serbia’s children to get a better life,” Tomic said and added that Digital Serbia members will hold classes in all school IT cabinets during the school year.

There are a total of 44 IT cabinets in the country’s high schools which Prime Minister Brnabic thought was enough to conclude that Serbia is a leader in Europe in terms of education and IT education.

“Let’s continue working together with a synergy of our knowledge and capabilities for the good of the young generations. We are also continuing to introduce digital text books,” she said.

A teachers’ union leader recalled Brnabic’s promise of computers in every classroom and broadband in every school. “The prime minister said that the government had earmarked 70 million Euros for computers in every classroom and broadband in every school and however much that seemed incredible, you think a miracle will happen because the information comes from there. Now, six months later, we know where we live and how everything functions in society and in schools,” Teachers Union leader Jasna Jankovic said, recalling that there are schools in Serbia without running water or toilets.

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