Boris Jokic

Boris Jokic from the Institute for Social Research told a panel discussion at the Journalists' House in Zagreb on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic and the large-scale earthquakes that hit Croatia in 2020 strengthened school pupils' relationships with their family and friends but negatively affected their mental health.

The Education Ministry has initiated the appointment a new National Education Council after it was discovered that some of its members had lifted material for a new Montenegrin curriculum from Croatia.

Boris Jokic, former head of the expert group designing a new school curriculum for Croatia, on Wednesday accused Montenegro of copying a significant part of their work.

As work in Croatia on comprehensive reform of the curriculum appears to stall, some scientists say they fear the education system will be modernised in a conservative direction or abandoned altogether.