MUNICIPALITY OF ZAGUBICA – 3 WORKING ROOMS ARE EQUIPPED IN PRESCHOOL “POLETARAC”

As a part of The project of inclusive preschool education, which is realized by the Ministry of education, science, and technological development in cooperation with foundation Novak Djokovic from the loan of World Bank, it has been adapted and equipped 3 working rooms on the territory of municipality of Zagubica.

In the last five years, the number of children born in Zagubica has reached nearly 500. The big problem involves children’s dissolution of settlements. Preschool “Poletarac” currently attends 245 children.

The Strategy for development of preschool education of the municipality of Zagubica has been adopted from 2020 until 2025 with the aim of involving children with institutional education as much as possible. The project of inclusive preschool education recognized the need to expand the capacity of the institution and on that basis adapted 3 kindergarten rooms for the admission of new children.

The preschool administration is seeking to include as many children whose families are recipients of monetary and welfare benefits, and 15 children are currently enrolled in kindergarten. A total of 5 children are from foster families attend educational program.

The new space will be able to accommodate 52 children. Part of the adapted building has 3 working rooms (one younger nursery, one older nursery and one mixed group), toilets and supporting rooms and is equipped according to the needs of children, educators and in accordance with the new basics of education.

In addition to the furniture that has been selected and adapted to each age group, the rooms are equipped with new toys, carpets, lacy escapes, painting easels, books and necessary disposable materials. Also, in the study there was an adaptation in the form of painting, installing roll curtains and repairing carpentry.

The new groups on the territory of the Municipality of Zagubica enrolled 52 new children aged 1 – 5,5 years and the premises are equipped according to the needs of our youngest inhabitants.

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