DPS Gusinje: High school class closed, students forced to go to Plav

The Government of Montenegro, in which the Bosniak Party participates, together with the local administration in Gusinje, has made a decision not to enroll a new generation of students in the high school in Gusinje, while existing students in grades II, III and IV will be forced to continue their education in Plav, the Municipal Board (OO) of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) in Gusinje announced today.

They claim that this move "effectively closed down the high school class in Gusinje."

"The Government of Montenegro, led by the DPS, together with the local administration in Gusinje, opened a branch of the "Bećo Bašić" Secondary Mixed School in 2016. Our diaspora also played a major role in this process, especially the Gusinje Foundation from New York, which fully equipped the IT department. In this way, young people were enabled to receive education in their hometown and remain connected to Gusinje. Today, unfortunately, we are witnessing a completely opposite decision. The Government of Montenegro, in which the Bosniak Party also participates, together with the local administration in Gusinje, made a decision not to enroll a new generation of students in the secondary school in Gusinje, while the existing students of the XNUMXnd, XNUMXrd and XNUMXth grades will be forced to continue their education in Plav. With this move, the secondary school department in Gusinje has effectively been closed down," the statement from the OO DPS Gusinje states.

According to them, it is also concerning that the President of the Municipality of Gusinje, a member of the Bosniak Party, Sanel Balić, has not spoken out at all on this issue, even though it is a topic of key importance for the future of young people.

"The absurdity is all the greater because the Government and the relevant ministry in some municipalities are opening schools for one or two children, even in villages dozens of kilometers away from city centers, while in Gusinje, where there is a far greater need and a significantly larger number of students, the decision is being made to close classes," the statement says.

They pointed out that this move not only jeopardizes the education of young people in Gusinje, but also places an additional burden on parents, whose household budgets are already overburdened by rampant inflation and transportation costs, while children are forced to travel daily, often in poor and dangerous winter conditions.

"Because of all the above, we publicly demand from the President of the Gusinje Municipal Assembly, in accordance with our initiative, to urgently schedule an extraordinary session in order to discuss this issue and to obtain clear answers: why the department was closed after nine years of operation and who bears responsibility for such a decision," concludes the statement of the Gusinje DPS Local Government.