As part of the Inclusive preschool education and training project implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development in partnership with the Novak Djokovic Foundation, another 3 classrooms were equipped in the territory of the municipality of Vladimirci, a village of Debrc, with a loan from the World Bank.

For years, PU “Suncokreti” has been making great efforts to include all children and, in addition, it is trying to include children from neighboring municipalities in the system of preschool upbringing and education.

More than 320 children are currently attending PU, and for 3 years the preschool institution “Suncokreti” has been included in the project of Inclusive Preschool Education and Care, so that about 40 children from sensitive social groups attend kindergarten for free.

The need for children’s coverage is increasing, because there are many young parents who have no one to leave their children in care.

The kindergarten in the Debrc settlement works very successfully and includes children from the eastern part of the Vladimirci municipality, and children from neighboring villages (Usce, Skela) often stay there.

Children from the villages of Krnic, Jazovik, Suvo selo, Beljin, and Vlasanica gravitate towards the Debrc kindergarten, where there are 81 of them aged up to 7 years with a growing tendency.

The new, equipped space will be able to accommodate 65 children. The facility has 3 workrooms (older nursery, mixed and preschool group) and is equipped in accordance with the needs of each group and in accordance with the new basics of education.

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.

65 new children between the ages of 1.5 and 7 were enrolled in new groups on the territory of the Vladimirci municipality, and the premises are equipped in accordance with the needs of our youngest residents.

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In Sid, the beginning of the construction of a new kindergarten was officially opened today in the presence of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Branko Ruzic, and the President of the Municipality of Sid, Zoran Semenovic.

About 131 million dinars will be invested in the new facility, which will provide an additional 140 places for preschool children and which will cover an area of ​​about 1100 m2, and the completion of the works is expected in 12 months.

The Ministry continues with its policy of increasing the coverage of children with preschool Education and Care, which supports parents, as well as the development and education of their children from an early age – said Minister Branko Ruzic and added that this is the 12th kindergarten that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development is building with the support of the World Bank within the program “Inclusive education and training”. This program will cover 23 buildings, and the total amount of investment is 47 million euros.

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As a part of the project of “Inclusive preschool education and care”, which is realized by the Ministry of education, science, and technological development in cooperation with Foundation Novak Djokovic from the loan of World Bank, 2 more working rooms in the territory of the Opovo municipality were adapted and equipped.

The need to adapt two working rooms arose as a result of a number of positive factors in this place: the increase in the number of residents, that is, young married couples, multinationality, and the growing need for preschool education.

As a preschool institution “Bambi” has been making great efforts to include all children for years, the lack of accommodation capacity is a challenge in the work of the institution, and the waiting list is growing year by year.

The local self-government recognized the need for capacity expansion and ceded the old “Kebs” building for use by a preschool institution. The building is located in the central part of the park in Opovo, just 150m from the kindergarten, in the immediate vicinity are also an elementary school, a gallery, a Catholic and Orthodox church, and the Center for social work.

The Novak Đoković 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. The new, adapted rooms (one mixed and one preschool group) are fully adapted to the needs of children and teachers and follow the new basics of the preschool education program.

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

In the new groups on the territory of the municipality of Opovo, 40 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.

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The construction of a new kindergarten in Radinac near Smederevo started today with the laying of the foundation stone. The ceremony was attended by the First Vice-President of the Government of Serbia and the Minister of education, science and technological development, Branko Ruzic, as well as the Mayor of Smederevo, Jovan Bec.

“The new kindergarten in Radinac is the 11th facility on which we are starting work with the support of the World Bank. I believe that this is the best way, not only to provide conditions for greater inclusion of children in preschool education and care, but also to provide support for parenting, because we are erasing waiting lists and enabling parents to leave their little ones for care and education in an adequate space, while they are dedicated to their work duties “, said Minister Branko Ruzic.

The mayor of Smederevo, Jovan Bec, thanked the competent Ministry, as well as the Government of the Republic of Serbia for their support and emphasized that this will solve a long – standing problem of the city and that the facility will primarily be intended for children from the territory of “25 Maj”, Radinac, Ralje, Lipa and Vranovo, where about 7,000 inhabitants live.

The new building will cover about 1,600 m2, about 169 million dinars will be invested in its construction and equipment, and the reception of children is expected in 12 months, in August 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 a loan from the World Bank in the territory of the municipality of Brus another study room was adapted and equipped.

The specificity of the municipality of Brus is the great diversity and the great distance of families with small children from the rural area to the nearest educational groups, which makes it difficult to access PVO for each child. For this reason, preschool “Pahuljica” in Brus tries to include as many children as possible in school education.

By adapting and equipping one study room in Zlatari, the coverage of children aged 3 to 5,5 increased from 28,3% to 33,5% in the rural area, and at the same time the waiting list was reduced.

The coverage of children, especially from vulnerable groups, has increased: by mapping the place with the projection of the physical distance of families with children in rural areas, the village of Zlatari is the most favorable for increasing the coverage of children and creating conditions for their early development and attending the mandatory preparatory preschool program.

The local self-government provided funds for exterior and mechanical works, while the Novak Djokovic Foundation and the Ministry of education, science and technological development through the project “Inclusive preschool education” adapted and fully equipped the building.

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

In addition to furniture that has been selected and adapted to a mixed age group, the room is equipped with new toys, carpets, lazy bags, an easel for painting, books and necessary consumables.

In the new group in the territory of the municipality of Brus, 17 new children aged from 3 to 5,5 years were enrolled and the room was adapted and equipped in accordance with the needs of our youngest residents.

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