With the appearance of the first beautiful days, the children from the preschool institution “Suncokreti” (Sunflowers) Vladimirci started their activities in the open space.

First, they went on a one-day trip to Valjevo.

On this very interesting trip for children, they visited the cultural and historical complex in Brankovina, museums in the city and got to know old crafts and old shops as well as numerous historical monuments.

The next activity of the children was the traditional dance on the “Sunflowers dance” square.

The center of Vladimirac was filled with children’s laughter, play and song, and the children were greatly supported by their parents and locals who came to watch them.

Within the Eco-school project (kindergartens), the final activity “Hunting for plants” was carried out in the beautiful complex of the Kaona monastery.

In all activities, there is great support from parents. In order for dads to be a little more involved, a sports day was organized. The children competed in cycling, and the fathers in tug of war.

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Within the manifestation “Petrovdan Days”, we realized various workshops, playrooms and masquerade for all children on the territory of the municipality.

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And for the end of the summer and the school year, ” Suncokreti ” are playing with colors in Jalovik within the Children’s Art Colony, which is traditionally organized by the Library.

In support of preschool institutions in the implementation of the new program concept “Year of Acent”, within component 2 of the ECEC project  of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and in the period July – August are planned and implemented activities within different project tasks (which are in different stages of implementation).

Improving the process of self-evaluation in preschool institutions

• – an initial meeting with all partners was realized, as well as a large number of meetings with experts engaged in the task
• – the Initial Report was made
• – a Reference Group was formed as a consultative body whose task is to provide expert opinion on draft documents prepared within this project task
• – The Draft Methodology of Self-Evaluation of the PI was prepared and commented on by the representatives of ZVKOV and JUP;

Improving the professional development of practitioners in the system of preschool education

• – Analysis of the review of examples of practice of organizing professional development of practitioners at the level of preschool institution in the international context was made
• – a research report was created that refers to the practices and needs of professional development of employees in public PI
• – Guidelines for the application of digital technology in preschool education have been developed

Improving the digital competencies of practitioners in the system of preschool education

• – the preparation of the Initial Report and the formation of the Reference Group is in progress. After the development of the Framework for the application of digital technology in working with preschool children, the creation of training for practitioners on this topic will begin.

Training of practitioners from PI for new Fundamentals of the program

• – During the period July-August, the trainings for the implementation of the new program concept for practitioners in 45 preschool institutions, that are obliged to apply the new Program Basics from September 2021, continued.
• – In the last week of August, a mentoring meeting is planned in order to support mentors who will continue with mentoring visits to practitioners in PU from September. The topic is: Changes in the study space and common areas in accordance with the Basics of the Year of Takeoff program.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, in cooperation with the Novak Djokovic Foundation, has started equipping another preschool facility in the city of Belgrade, the newly built preschool facility in Cukarica. By signing the Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Education, the Foundation and the City of Belgrade, the municipality of Cukarica became the fifth Belgrade municipality whose facility will be equipped from the funds of the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Project.

The preschool institution Cukarica, in each of the 21 facilities that currently exist, is working at full capacity. The number of children covered by preschool education in this municipality is about 6000.

At the beginning of this year, the construction of a new facility began. In this facility, 13 groups of all ages will be formed (3 groups of younger nurseries, 2 groups of older nurseries, 6 mixed groups and 2 groups of preschoolers). The capacity of this facility is up to 270 children, which will greatly reduce the number of children not covered.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, in cooperation with the Novak Djokovic Foundation, decided to help and accelerate the process of opening a new facility through equipping all 13 educational rooms through the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care Project The rooms are equipped with modern furniture in accordance with the new basics of the preschool education program, as well as toys and books according to the ages in the kindergarten groups. In that way, it will be possible to admit children to this facility as early as October 1, 2021.

Thanks to the funds of the grant program within the the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care Project, implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, with the support of the World Bank, the Municipality of Titel is proud to be one of 34 local governments in Serbia, which received funds for the project “Let’s grow together.” The value of this project is 5,550,000 dinars.

The municipality, together with its partners – the preschool institution “Plavi cuperak”, the Health Center, the Center for Social Work and the Association “Vozd” entered this important project in 2020.

During the previous year, we created conditions for opening 2 mixed groups of half-day stays, one in the settlement of Mosorin, and the other in the settlement of Vilovo. Also, thanks to the Grant program, two educators are employed. As one of the goals of the grant program is to empower parents and families of the youngest children, the team worked through home visits, forums and workshops to raise awareness of the importance of stimulation in the period of early development. Parents are fully aware of the benefits and opportunities they have through this project – free stay of children in the group for 4 hours, free snacks for each child.

With the funds from the Grant program, the classroom in Mosorin was equipped with new furniture, equipment and work accessories, and the adaptation and equipping of the space in Vilovo is in the final phase. The coordinator of the the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care Project,Sanja Strbac, visited us, and on that occasion we talked about the evaluation of previous activities, as well as about the upcoming planned activities. Together, we visited the final works at the facility in Vilovo, where it is planned for the children to start using it on September 1, 2021. years.

This is what it used to look like …

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And this is what it looks like today …

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The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia and the Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Branko Ružić, signed agreements in Kruševac on the reconstruction of two kindergartens in that city, “Golub mira” and “Labud”.

The contract with the minister was signed by the deputy mayor of Krusevac, Aleksandar Jovanović, and the contractor.

After signing the contract, Minister Ruzic assessed that investing in education is the key to the development of our society and that the goal is to fully raise the quality of the entire preschool system, as well as to make it even more accessible and accessible to children from all socially vulnerable groups.

Over 58 million dinars, will be set aside for these two kindergartens in Krusevac.

The reconstruction of these two facilities will provide 160 new places for children, 80 in each kindergarten. It is an upgrading and reconstruction of the existing facilities, and the completion of the works is 8 months from the day of the beginning of the works.

This project will provide about 11,000 new places in kindergartens throughout Serbia and thus reduce waiting lists for kindergartens.

The Deputy Mayor of Krusevac, Aleksandar Jovanović, pointed out that today’s signing of the contract is very important for this city due to the creation of better conditions for children to stay in kindergartens. According to him, these two kindergartens will get a larger capacity, but also new furniture, teaching aids, toys and everything that is necessary for children to stay in kindergartens.