Minister urges parents to end school boycott

Education Minister Zarko Obradovic says the school boycott staged by parents in Banja Koviljaca is not the way to solve problems and urged them to call it off. The parents are protesting because of a large number of Asian and African asylum seekers and illegal immigrants who are currently staying in the small tourist resort. Minister urges parents to end school boycott The campaign for the foreign nationals to leave was sparked when five Afghani men were recently accused of raping a British woman. In Belgrade on Monday, Obradovic told B92 that, together with the local administration, parents should look for a solution that does not involve keeping their children out of school. “I think children should be left out of what is happening in Banja Koviljaca,” Obradovic said. According to him, the local authorities are talking to Belgrade, which could take a while, and “it it not good that children get the short end of the stick.” “There are legal obligations and rules and I would not want them implemented because they include certain sanctions, and we are generally all on the losing end if children do not go to school,” he said. Only 20 students attended classes on Monday in the the spa resort's elementary school. But despite the minister's call to end this type of protest, the elementary's School Committee supported it, and the boycott continues this Tuesday.

Minister urges parents to end school boycott

The campaign for the foreign nationals to leave was sparked when five Afghani men were recently accused of raping a British woman.

In Belgrade on Monday, Obradović told B92 that, together with the local administration, parents should look for a solution that does not involve keeping their children out of school.

“I think children should be left out of what is happening in Banja Koviljača,” Obradović said.

According to him, the local authorities are talking to Belgrade, which could take a while, and “it it not good that children get the short end of the stick.”

“There are legal obligations and rules and I would not want them implemented because they include certain sanctions, and we are generally all on the losing end if children do not go to school,” he said.

Only 20 students attended classes on Monday in the the spa resort's elementary school.

But despite the minister's call to end this type of protest, the elementary's School Committee supported it, and the boycott continues this Tuesday.