Parents of the students of the "Vaso Aligrudić" Electrotechnical School in Podgorica claim that their children have not had regular classes in several subjects since the beginning of the year.
As they point out, these are classes in important subjects for their future profession - Mathematics, Informatics, Fundamentals of Programming, as well as Electronic Communications.
As a result, say the parents who contacted the newsroom, children spend more time around the city, instead of focusing on teaching and learning, and their safety is questionable, as well as addressing responsibility if something happens to them.
The director of the Electrical Engineering School, Ersan Spahić, told "Vijesta" that the institution currently has a problem with the lack of teaching staff - a large number of teachers are currently on sick leave.
He claims, however, that with the efforts of the other teachers, classes are starting to run smoothly.
"I think that currently around 15 teachers are on sick leave," Spahić said.
According to his assessment, it is "the fault of the health care system".
"I asked the health authorities to check all these sick days. It must be checked who signed the sick leave for so many people", said Spahić.
The director of the Electrical Engineering School told "Vijesta" that they could not find replacement staff because there are not many people who are interested in working at the school after graduating. This, as he explained, refers to mathematics teachers, a staff with which more and more schools have a problem, as well as engineers.
"Certain candidates did not graduate from college, and I cannot hire people without that level of education... That's why the students' classes failed," Spahić said.
He also pointed out that replacements were found for teachers who are on sick leave.
"It is very difficult to find those who will lead the classes. As a director, my biggest headache is how I will cover the teaching. Other professors come to our aid. We are trying to cover it, and we only managed to do it a few days ago," explained Spahić.
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