11. April. 2023

THREE NEW KINDERGARTENS IN NOVI PAZAR, LESKOVAC AND CICEVAC

Minister of Education Branko Ruzic announced today the construction of three new kindergartens – in Novi Pazar, Leskovac, and Cicevac, as part of the “Inclusive Preschool Education and care” Project.

“With the construction of these three new kindergartens, the conditions will be created for the admission of 590 children to the preschool education system, for which approximately 577 million dinars will be reserved. Supporting the development and education of children from the earliest ages is our priority,” said Ruzic.

He said that so far within this project, which the Ministry of Education is implementing in cooperation with the World Bank, 12 kindergartens have been built or started, while in the coming period, in addition to these three, work on the construction of kindergartens in Kragujevac and Petrovac na Mlavi will also begin.

“With this project, the construction of new kindergartens, the extension and adaptation of existing facilities throughout Serbia, we provide 11,000 new places for children,” said the minister.

The new “Naše dete” children’s institution in Novi Pazar will have 270 new places for preschool children. In the new facility in Leskovac, 120 new places will be provided. With the construction of the new “Carolija” kindergarten in Cicevac, the conditions will be created for admission to the preschool education system of 200 more children.

The contract with Minister Ruzic was signed today by the mayor of Leskovac Goran Cvetanovic, the mayor of Novi Pazar Nihat Biševac, and the president of the municipality of Cicevac Mirjana Krkic.

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