Šehović presented the Oktoih awards: The mountain of responsibility must be submitted by everyone in education

Šehović assessed that the 21st century will not be proud of democracy, nor of great revolutions and heroes in them, but of progress in science and education, and the most perfect in civilization - digital
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Damir Šehović, Oktoih, Photo: Twitter
Damir Šehović, Oktoih, Photo: Twitter
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Ažurirano: 17.01.2018. 18:13h

The Minister of Education, Damir Šehović, today presented the winners with the Oktoih state award, assessing that this recognition is an eternal encouragement to the educational community and that, as before, they will belong to the best. Šehović presented Oktoih, the most prestigious award in the field of education, to the Elementary School "Aleksa Đilas Bećo" from Mojkovac, to Božo Mihailović, a full professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Montenegro, and to Snežana Delić, a mathematics professor at the "Slobodan Škerović" Gymnasium. Šehović said at the award ceremony that it is not easy to give only three Octo awards a year. "Nevertheless, Oktoich is an eternal encouragement to the educational community and there is no doubt that, as before, he will belong to the best. And the best make schools not just buildings, but places where everyone can be touched, accepting the different, but also knowing - about oneself and the world ", Sehovic said. He said that people from education have an influence on generations, hundreds and thousands of young minds, who are waiting for direction, support, conversation, understanding. "Gentlemen, educators, the heritage of our future is in your hands, and there is no, nor can it be, a higher goal. Don't take this as an imperative, but as a duty and a sacred obligation to gather knowledge and students, but not around yourself, but around the agora of knowledge, as advanced and enlightened civilizations have always done," said Šehović. He said that the mountain of responsibility must be shouldered by everyone in education equally.

"I know that sometimes there is a lack of will, patience, conditions, but when you help a student solve a problem, when you say goodbye to the generation you led, when you see them achieve success in world competitions, when you witness their business successes, you know that you did not do Sisyphus' work" , said Šehović, PR Center reports. Oktoih, as he believes, is an eternal encouragement to the educational community and there is no doubt that, as he said, he will belong to the best, who make schools not just buildings, "but a place where everyone belongs, accepting what is different, but also knowing about oneself." and the world". Šehović assessed that on the 21 century will not be proud of democracy, nor of great revolutions and heroes in them, but of progress in science and education, and the most perfect in civilization - digital. It is the obligation of Montenegrin society, as he said, in the time of trials, to accept the era in which it lives, not to be afraid of it, but to shape it according to its own needs. "Because digital has limits, mind, creation and creativity do not. The smarter ones said, don't build buildings to compete with the world, but the builders who will build the buildings. "Neimars are made by respecting the teaching methodology, being responsible towards children and the institution where you spend a large part of your life, but also being different, and thus closer to young people," explained Šehović. Mihailović said that the Oktoih award additionally obliges the winners to continue to work hard and contribute to the quality and success of the education system. "The specificity of this award is that it shows that our society especially values ​​the work and results in the field of education, as one of the most vital and important areas of every community. Education is a specific systemic process, because it is created by individuals, institutions, the family, but also society as a whole," explained Mihailović. He believes that special attention should be directed towards talents, because, as he said, they deserve it. "We must not allow talents to pass us by and go to other countries. They are the best promoter of knowledge and science in general. "Upbringing and education are a unique whole and they lead together to knowledge, as the final result, which every social community must strive for," said Mihailović. The director of the "Aleksa Đilas Bećo" elementary school in Mojkovac, Veselin Bulatović, said that good interpersonal relations and teamwork dominate in that educational institution. "We are a school where educators take care of the needs of children in the 21st century. century, active methods, modern teaching technologies are applied, and the crown of such a complete way of working are the successes of our students, both in terms of academic and non-academic achievements," Bulatović pointed out. Delić said that she is extremely proud of the award she received, which, as she stated, is the highest award in education. "I am excited to receive this award, as it is rare for anyone to receive it, and many deserve it. Many professors deserve recognition and retire with nothing. I am especially proud of the award, because it is an award for education, and educating the younger generation is a privilege," said Delić. The President of the Jury for the awarding of the State Oktoih Award, Zoja Bojanić Lalović, said that the Oktoih Award should encourage those achievements that serve to bring pride to the profession and the entire society, stating that 13 individuals and 12 institutions were nominated for this highest recognition in the field of education. "Professor Bož Mihailović's name is recognized in the wider academic community, an exceptional lecturer, methodologist, but also a professor with special pedagogical manners, as his students point out. Rich professional experience and his contribution to economic science and practice recommend Professor Mihailović for this award," explained Bojanić Lalović. She added that the professional relationship and success in the pedagogical work of professor Snežana Delić confirm the exceptional success of her students. "Professor Delić is the author of a significant number of mathematics textbooks and collections for general high school, since 2007. until today, and in that way she made a significant contribution to independent Montenegrin textbook activity", said Bojanić Lalović. She assessed that the collective of the "Aleksa Đilas Bećo" school is moving in the direction of adopting the best practices and establishing high standards, and, as she added, the good organization and willingness of the teachers to include new paradigms in their work are recommendations for an award to that school. The Oktoih Award has been awarded since 1970.

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