The new school year starts today, everything is ready

The schoolyear will begin with the singing of the national anthem of Serbia.
Classes will be held "regularly", in schools neither students nor teachers will be required to wear masks, and the School Team will continue to review the epidemiological situation on a weekly basis, regularly updating recommendations, which will be changed as necessary.
Minister of Education Branko Rui said that everything is ready for the beginning of the school year, and that direct teaching is the best form of interaction between teachers and students.
"As for tomorrow, everything will start in a regular way. I have no fears that the virus will spread, but the Team for Schools will meet and if necessary, we will apply some more restrictive measures," said Rui at the ceremony for the reception of new high school students school to the "Zmaj" home.
Commenting on the announced protest of the Union of Education Workers of Serbia, Rui said that he does not expect that the protest will in any way threaten the first day of the school year and reminded that a decision was made to increase the salary in January in the education sector, and that this increase will be more significant compared to last year.
"We have a high level of understanding for all the demands that are founded and legitimate by the representative trade unions in education, we had conversations last week that are a reflection of mutual understanding and dialogue that we have been conducting for a long period of time," he said.
He added that it is in everyone's interest that the starting salary in education be at the level of the national average, and that he will strive towards that in the future.
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