Students may request rector’s resignation

Belgrade University Rector Branko Kovačević has made a statement that the protest at the Faculty of Philology is a political protest of Marks21 organization and has called on the state to “stop the circus” and warned the students to quit protests. Such a controversial statement issued by the rector triggered the violence committed by some hooligans . It is quite distasteful that the students are labelled by the rector as thugs, which is denigrating . They act in a law-abiding manner, rallying and protesting without resorting to violence, without overreactions.Their problems should not be overshadowed or sidestepped. It is unacceptable that students’ enrollment into each year is as high as a thousand euros and more, given that majority of them come from low-income families. The rector’s comparison between the scholarship in EU countries and ours is ridiculous. Besides,the sum the students pay does not include books.The premises are sometimes without heating, lectures are incomplete, books and copies are unavailable.

Belgrade University Rector Branko Kovačević has made a statement that the protest at the Faculty of Philology is a political protest of Marks21 organization and has called on the state to “stop the circus” and warned the students to quit protests. Such a controversial statement issued by the rector triggered the violence committed by some hooligans . It is quite distasteful that the students are labelled by the rector as thugs, which is denigrating . They act in a law-abiding manner, rallying and protesting without resorting to violence, without overreactions.Their problems should not be overshadowed or sidestepped. It is unacceptable that students’ enrollment into each year is as high as a thousand euros and more, given that majority of them come from low-income families. The rector’s comparison between the scholarship in EU countries and ours is ridiculous. Besides,the sum the students pay does not include books.The premises are sometimes without heating, lectures are incomplete, books and copies are unavailable.