Being a teacher, professor has always been prestigious, it has always been important, and from the perspective to which we are bound by the optics of the mission and vision of the Faculty of Philosophy - it has been and will be the most solid support for the future of the entire society. A society that carefully selects future teachers, educates them with quality and motivates them for professional growth can be trusted to welcome the future ready, because - as the ancient Greek thought says: If Athens has bad shoemakers, the Athenians will be barefoot; if she has bad tailors, the Athenians will be naked; if she has bad teachers, there will be no Athenians. I am convinced that there will be, I wish us all excellent future educators, teachers, professors, good students who will build their teaching credo of excellence at the Faculty of Philosophy in the coming years, said the vice dean for teaching, prof. Dr. Dijana Vučković, at the ceremony at the Faculty of Philosophy in Nikšić, on the occasion of marking 75 years of higher education in Montenegro.
She reminded that on October 17, 1947, the Higher Pedagogical School started operating in Cetinje, and that in 1963 the Pedagogical Academy was founded in Nikšić, as a symbiosis of the secondary teacher's school from Nikšić and the Higher Pedagogical School from Cetinje.
"The people of Nikšić still call this building 'Pedagoška', preserving with that name a warm and beautiful memory of the days when Nikšić became a city of students, a city of youth," said the vice-dean of the oldest university unit in Montenegro.
In 1977, the Pedagogical Academy grew into the Faculty of Teachers, and after the Department of Sociology and Philosophy grew from a two-year to a four-year faculty, the Faculty of Teachers grew into the Faculty of Philosophy in 1988. During the introduction of the Bologna Declaration, the Faculty of Philosophy represented a third of the University in terms of the number of students, and the number of basic study programs during the first accreditation was as many as 18. Five new faculties were created from the Faculty of Philosophy (Teaching) - the Academy of Science and Mathematics, the Academy of Music and Fine Arts, the Faculty of sports and physical culture and the Faculty of Philology.
"An institution that has issued so many diplomas and successfully created five studies on the establishment of new faculties has many reasons to be satisfied and – perhaps more importantly – has hope for a secure future. One academic year is a long period in the life of an institution, and when a faculty enumerates 75 of them, we can say that he gained experience worthy of respect", said Vučković.
Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, prof. Dr. Tatjana Novović said that today there are 54 teachers and associates working in that educational institution, as well as 26 non-teaching staff.
"The high-quality teaching staff who teach in nine basic three-year and integrated studies, eight master's and five doctoral programs, are a guarantee of quality studies for more than 1200 students, within the current framework. Year after year, we are recognized by excellent graduates, which especially encourages and motivates us to carefully plan the existing infrastructure, in the form of quality teaching, up-to-date programs, fruitful scientific and research activities, competent teaching staff, but also an increasingly optimal environment for work in the future. and we are continuously revising", said Novović.
She thanked Vojislav Kovač, who for years has been handing out a cash prize to the best psychology student from the "Vera Kovač" foundation, Mirko Mrkić-Ostroško, who gave them the rights to use an extremely valuable monograph.
"The Gathering Night of the Ages", which has been translated into seven languages and designed with art illustrations by Olja Ivanjicki.
"We implemented the mentioned project together with the Faculty of Philology, otherwise a particularly close member of the University, since we share spatial and personnel capacities, as well as the teaching-scientific, social-humanistic field of research. We especially thank our friend, the founder of the alumni club of the Faculty of Philosophy, Savo Bogdanović, for the very valuable donation of 6000 books, with which we significantly enriched our otherwise very extensive library fund, the second largest in Montenegro," said Novović.
She thanked the University of Montenegro, Elektroprivreda, the Municipality of Nikšić, as well as the Post Office of Montenegro for printing a stamp on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the existence of higher and higher education in Montenegro, where the Faculty of Philosophy building is located.
"In the past 75 years, more than 19.600 students have already successfully completed higher education, master's or doctoral studies - about 800 at the Higher Pedagogical School in Cetinje, 1.018 at the Pedagogical Academy, 1.845 at the Faculty of Teaching, and 15.988 at the Faculty of Philosophy, all in Nikšić. All of them acted, or still act, as irreplaceable pedagogical experts, they had, or still have, their place in all spheres of culture, science, economy, politics and overall social life in Montenegro - and much wider," he said. prof. Dr. Savo Bogdanović, the first president of the newly founded Alumni Club, the association of graduated students of the Higher Pedagogical School in Cetinje, the Pedagogical Academy, the Faculty of Teaching and Philosophy from Nikšić.
At the ceremony, certificates of appreciation were presented for the support and development of the Faculty of Philosophy - Mirko Mrkić Ostroško, prof. Dr. Sav Bogdanović, Prof. Dr. Veselin Drašković and Dragan Šoć, Vojislav Kovač, as well as letters of thanks for their special contribution in realizing the development program, Elektroprivreda, Municipality of Nikšić and CANU.
Commendations were given to the best graduates of undergraduate studies in 2021/22. year in all study programs, Kristina Radović, Nina Rajković, Balša Kovačević, Miloš Filipović and Samra Mujević, the best students in master's studies, Mladen Delić and Marija Vujičić, who are also, together with Filipa Vujoviće, the best students in scientific and research work . Marina Kovač presented a scholarship to the best psychology student, Milena Abramović, in front of the "Vera Kovač" foundation.
A film about 75 years of higher and higher education in Montenegro was shown, prepared by Dr. Miomir Maroš, who led the program, while the first klapa in the north of Montenegro, "O'dive bel canto", which was founded eight years ago.
The ceremony was attended by numerous dignitaries, among them the Minister of Science and Technological Development, Biljana Šćepanović, rector and president of the UCG Board of Directors, Vladimir Božović and Rajka Glušica, presidents of the Municipality and SO Nikšić, Marko Kovačević and Nemanja Vuković, ambassadors, former deans.
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