Closing of schools and redistribution of teaching staff: Case study of the municipality of Nova Varoš

Slavoljub Jovanović

doi:10.5937/zrgfub1765355j

Abstract

This research examined the redistribution of teaching staff in the Municipality of Nova Varoš in the last 25 years. The aim of this paper was to determine the number of teachers who were redistributed in the mentioned period and whether this was influenced by the closing of schools and the decrease in the number of schools. The results were obtained on the basis of data analysis from the Annual Work Plans of Schools in the Municipality of Nova Varoš and the Special Collective Agreements for employees in primary and secondary schools. The results of the research indicate that the optimization of the school network, based on the current state and demographic trends, will go towards the unification of small schools.

Highlights

Spatial distribution, number, type and structure of educational institutions in a certain territory are regulated by the Act on the Network of Institutions
If the competent authority of a local self-government unit fails to issue the Act on the Network of Primary Schools, the Ministry determines the deadline for its adoption; in the event that the deadline is not respected, the Ministry shall adopt the Act on the Network of Primary Schools (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, 80/2010)
Redistribution of teaching staff in schools in the Municipality of Nova Varoš was brought into connection with closing of schools and reducing the number of pupils

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Number, type and structure of educational institutions in a certain territory are regulated by the Act on the Network of Institutions. The Act on the Network of Primary Schools is passed by the Assembly of the local self-government unit, on the basis of the criteria prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia. If the competent authority of a local self-government unit fails to issue the Act on the Network of Primary Schools, the Ministry determines the deadline for its adoption; in the event that the deadline is not respected, the Ministry shall adopt the Act on the Network of Primary Schools (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, 80/2010). The Act on the Network of Primary Schools has the character of a planning document, which, in addition to respecting the relevant natural and social factors, designs the development and functioning of the educational system in a certain territory. Most often situations are when certain satellite sub-schools of a base school are closed, a four-grade or eight-grade school, which immediately implies the creation of a new act

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