President of the Commission for Accreditation and Quality Inspection Slobodan Arsenijevic said today that 33 post-secondary schools were granted accreditation, 18 schools were given a warning, while 27 schools were denied accreditation.
Slobodan Arsenijevic
Speaking at a press conference Arsenijevic said that according to regulations if the Commission for Accreditation brings a decision to deny application for accreditation, the post-secondary school in question can submit an appeal to the National Council for Higher Education within a period of 30 days, and the decision of the Council will be final.
He said that post-secondary schools may reapply for accreditation after a period of one year.
Member of the Commission for Accreditation Vera Donzur stressed that the basic criteria for issuing licenses were adequate space, suitable number of professors and quality of the teaching programme.
She added that university faculties have been issued a deadline of 2008 for accreditation.
Slobodan Vuksanovic
Serbian Minister of Education and Sport Slobodan Vuksanovic said that schools which have been given warnings have a period of three months to fulfill the required standards.
He added that this deadline must be respected so that students who wish to get admission into one of these schools could do so by the beginning of the next school year.
Vuksanovic said that post-secondary schools without accreditation will not be allowed to admit students next year.
According to Vuksanovic, all students who study at schools which lose their license for work will be allowed to complete their studies at other suitable schools.