Visit to elementary schools Radomir Mitrović and Vuk Karadžić in municipality of Berane – 16th October 2020

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Friday, 16 October 2020 14:32

On October 16th, 2020, representatives of NGO Young Roma visited two primary schools in Berane where classes are attended by Roma students, and in which our organization implements mentoring program for final grade students.

These are schools:

1. Elementary school "Radomir Mitrovic"

2. Elementary school "Vuk Karadzic"

On that occasion, we spoke with the school principal Radomir Mitrović, Mr. Radomir Jočić, and Mr. Vukadin Božović, the school principal of Vuk Karadžić. The meetings were also attended by the associates in social inclusion of Roma in education, Mr. Sultan Beća and Mr. Petrit Amurlahu.

The aim of these visits was to exchange information on the current situation in the education of Roma children in the changed conditions caused by the pandemic of Covid 19 virus.

We talked about the problems that schools face, potential solutions, the organization of transportation for lower grade students who attend classes at school. Students of seventh, eighth and ninth grade attend online classes.

For students attending the eighth and ninth grades, NGO Young Roma provides mentoring support in order to facilitate mastering the school material and monitoring attendance, both in regular and current, changed circumstances under which the educational process takes place.

During the visits, we distributed packages with school supplies to schools for first grade students.

This activity is part of the project "Improving primary education - first step towards quality secondary education", supported by the Roma Education Fund (REF).