Tutin, 12.07.2022. – Today, with the laying of the foundation stone, in the presence of the First Vice-President of the Government of Serbia and the Minister of education, science and technological development, Branko Ruzic, and the President of the Municipality of Tutin, Salih Hot, the beginning of the construction of a new kindergarten in Tutin, in the village of Svracice, was announced.

“By building a new object, we support the preschool institution and the local self-government, all with the aim of increasing the inclusion of children in preschool education and care, which is one of the strategic goals of our Ministry. We are achieving our goal by increasing the capacity to accommodate children, not only here in Tutin, but in 22 other local governments throughout Serbia,” said Minister Branko Ruzic.

The new kindergarten will cover about 1000 m2 and will provide an additional 100 places for children of preschool age. The value of the investment is about 94 million dinars, and the completion of the works is scheduled for April 2023.

As part of the project “Inclusive preschool education and care” implemented by the Ministry of education, science and technological development in partnership with the Novak Djokovic Foundation from the loan of World Bank, 3 more study rooms in the territory of the municipality of Raska were adapted and equipped.

Preschool “Veselo detinjstvo” in Raska has been making great efforts for years to include as many children as possible in preschool education. Recently, preschool education in the municipality of Raska is completely free, so the interest of parents in enrolling their children is increasing.

The great need for capacity expansion has arisen especially in recent years due to the opening of factories and the retention of young families both in the villages and in the city. This climate is also characterized by developed tourism due to the nearby mountains of Golija and Kopaonik, which is considered one of our biggest tourist attractions.

In all forms of the Institution’s work this year, 822 children were included, classified into 39 groups. Special attention is paid to providing support to children from vulnerable social groups.

Elementary school “Raska” in the village of Milatkovic, near Raska, gave the use of 3 study rooms to the preschool institution. The local self-government provided funds for mechanical works, while the Novak Djokovic Foundation and the Ministry of education, science and technological development through the project “Inclusive preschool education and care” adapted and completely equipped the building.

The works involved the replacement of floors, walls, ceilings, joinery, lighting, as well as the installation of air conditioning. New, adapted rooms (two mixed and one preschool group) are fully adapted to the needs of children and educators and follow the new basics of the preschool education program.

In addition to the furniture that was selected and adapted to each age group, the rooms are equipped with new toys, carpets, lazy bags, easels for painting, books and necessary consumables.

In this way, we have enabled the joint forces for a large number of families to remain in the countryside and for their children to have the same quality conditions for early education as in the cities.

In the new groups on the territory of the Raska municipality, 60 new children aged 3 to 7 years were enrolled and the premises were adapted and equipped in accordance with the needs of our youngest residents.

You can see other photos here.

As part of the project of the Ministry of education, science and technological development “Inclusive preschool education and care”, and as part of the system support for preschool institutions in Serbia in the process of implementing a new program concept, creating space and a realistic program in accordance with the new Basics of the preschool education program “Godine uzleta”, were printed in a circulation of 10,600 copies and distributed PU: Kindergarten layout guide and Developing an integrated approach to learning through themes/projects with children.

The manuals belong to a series of manuals and guides under the common name “Linije leta”, which were prepared at the Institute for Pedagogy and andragogy of the Faculty of philosophy, University of Belgrade, and the publisher is the Ministry of education, science and technological development.

The Handbook on the specifics of strategies of educators in developing programs in accordance with the age of children, which belongs to the same “Linije leta” series, will soon be printed in the same circulation and distributed to preschool institutions, which completes the support for practitioners in preschool institutions, when it comes to developing resources – professional materials aimed at supporting the implementation of the program Basis of the “Godine uzleta”.

The manuals were printed in a circulation that allows it to be received within every public preschool institution: all professional associates and all trainers / mentors for the Fundamentals program, as well as almost every educational group. In the event that each group does not receive a distributed printed copy, preschool institutions also received a PDF version of the handbook.

Also, the manuals will be delivered to all faculties, secondary and higher schools that educate teachers, as well as teachers who implement the preparatory preschool program in the organization of elementary schools.

You can view the guide for decorating the space in the kindergarten here.

You can see the guide for developing a topic / project with children here.