The Ministry of Education did not respond to 20 demands of the Education Union, it was announced at today's "Leksija" protest, from which calls to the Minister of Education Damir Šehović to resign could also be heard.
The protest was held on the Teachers' Council Day.
Krsto Vuković said that they communicated 20 requests, and indicated the date they believe was assigned for the authorities to respond.
"Until today, there has been no answer. In plain language, that is called ignoring, that is called rejection, that is called silence. And it would not be problematic if it were not about the issue of education, the issue of the educational system of Montenegro," Vuković said. at a protest in front of the Ministry of Education.
However, he expressed hope that there will be progress.
Vuković added that seminars were organized today mainly in Podgorica schools, in which about 1.000 educators participated.
Milutin Mirjačić said that he congratulated the teachers on the holiday.
"And I should call on the minister of education to resign, because for me he is not the minister of education," said Mirjačić, stating that he has no deeds behind him.
Slavica Ilinčić said that there are 13.000 construction workers in Montenegro.
"You can see for yourself how many of us are here. I will talk about the silence and fear of teachers... We were silent when they abolished the right to strike. We were silent when they started to abolish subjects, to reduce the norm," she said.
"We were silent and to this day we are silent. And why are we silent? Because we are afraid, afraid of everything. We are afraid to express our opinion, we are afraid to come forward to protect our colleagues, we are afraid when the inspection comes, we are afraid of the director ".
Ilinčić joked that the Educational Community has prepared for those who are afraid that "a lady from a village near Grblje, she successfully overcomes fear".
"I hope that after the treatment there will be more of us next time," she said.
Mladen Živković said that he could not be afraid because after the reform, his number of lessons was reduced to three per week.
Živković told colleagues that they cannot expect protection from others if they do not fight for it themselves.
At the "Lesson 2" protest, Zorka Brakočević called on the public to judge for themselves what, as she said, the influence of a disenfranchised educational worker is today, as well as the financial position.
"Only ready and materially provided educators, Mr. Minister, can contribute to quality education," she said, stating that few people care about the financial position of educators, but that more and more administrative obligations are being imposed on them.
She assessed that none of the reforms were based on something that, as she assessed, is indigenous to us.
"We have a lot, regardless of the fact that we are a small country. But we are proud of our history. Instead of incorporating our original history, we rewrite it and incorporate it into ours. History is the foundation of a country, and we reduce history lessons, as if we are ashamed our past, so it should not be studied," said Brakočević.
The teacher added that her colleagues who retired, with 40 years of service, with around 360 euros.
"When we divide that by 40, it comes out to nine euros per year of service," she said.
She added that she, like many of her colleagues, is retiring without solving the housing issue, and stated that the Minister of Education got an apartment under favorable conditions.
"Today we see who gets the apartments and how. I am asking for my installment to be 40 euros. I guess for all these years I have been working, I deserve that," she said.
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