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SRCE: Belgrade Government Keeps Moving Preschool Teachers, One Has Changed 10 Kindergartens

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Serbia’s opposition Srbija Centar party says many preschool teachers in Belgrade work under contracts extended as needed and are moved between kindergartens.
  • The party says one teacher working under such arrangements has changed 10 facilities.
  • SRCE is seeking criteria for the transfers, data on temporary workers and a plan to stabilize their employment.

Belgrade’s Srbija Centar party, known as SRCE, says a growing number of preschool teachers are working under contracts extended only when needed while being moved from one kindergarten to another.

The party said it had received information about one teacher employed under such an arrangement who had worked in as many as 10 kindergartens.

According to the information we received, one preschool teacher employed in this way has changed as many as 10 kindergartens.

· Srbija CentarThe party cited the case while questioning the system of transfers and temporary contracts.

SRCE asked the Belgrade Secretariat for Education and Child Protection why the practice exists and who decides where teachers work. It also questioned how constant changes in teachers affect children.

The party said children need security, familiar surroundings and continuity. It called on the secretariat to publish the criteria used to assign and transfer teachers, the number of staff employed on temporary contracts and a plan for resolving their employment status. SRCE also asked who had concluded that this organization was good for children and their development.

Why are people not being provided with stable working conditions? And most importantly, how does the frequent change of teachers affect children?

· Srbija CentarThe party questioned the impact of the policy on teachers and children.
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