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RSD 65m for financially vulnerable families
Belgrade,
9 May 2008
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister’s team for implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy began a project to support the education of secondary school children from poor families for which RSD 65 million will be set aside this year from the National Investment Plan.
Snezana Samardzic-Markovic, left, and Bozidar Djelic
The programme is intended for secondary school children from financially vulnerable families and every student will receive a €480 scholarship every year.
Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic told a press conference that as much as 71% of the poor did not graduate from primary school nor has only primary education.
He noted that realisation of the programme will help students without the material support of their families to finish secondary school and added that investment in education is of the most remunerative kind.
Minister of Youth and Sports Snezana Samardzic-Markovic stated that a large number of children leave secondary school and afterwards cannot find a job easily.
This is a problem for all of society and realisation of this project will send a signal to the young to continue with education, she stressed and explained that this is a message to young people that their government and their state are taking care of them.
State Secretary of Labour and Social Policy Ljiljana Lucic said that the policy in place since 2001 has managed to halve the number of the poor in Serbia.
Lucic noted that by investing in education the country can fight against poverty and added that if children drop out of secondary school and have no chances of finding a job, that poverty will be transferred from parents to the next generation.
According to her, around 20% of children drop out of secondary school.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister’s team for implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and Ministry of Labour and Social Policy will announce a competition for participation in the programme.
The first term will be called in mid-July for students in second, third and fourth grade, and in September for first year students.
Apart from scholarships, students will receive a grant of €52 in September which will help them purchase text books.
Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic told a press conference that as much as 71% of the poor did not graduate from primary school nor has only primary education.
He noted that realisation of the programme will help students without the material support of their families to finish secondary school and added that investment in education is of the most remunerative kind.
Minister of Youth and Sports Snezana Samardzic-Markovic stated that a large number of children leave secondary school and afterwards cannot find a job easily.
This is a problem for all of society and realisation of this project will send a signal to the young to continue with education, she stressed and explained that this is a message to young people that their government and their state are taking care of them.
State Secretary of Labour and Social Policy Ljiljana Lucic said that the policy in place since 2001 has managed to halve the number of the poor in Serbia.
Lucic noted that by investing in education the country can fight against poverty and added that if children drop out of secondary school and have no chances of finding a job, that poverty will be transferred from parents to the next generation.
According to her, around 20% of children drop out of secondary school.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister’s team for implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and Ministry of Labour and Social Policy will announce a competition for participation in the programme.
The first term will be called in mid-July for students in second, third and fourth grade, and in September for first year students.
Apart from scholarships, students will receive a grant of €52 in September which will help them purchase text books.
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