PROMOTION OF THE ST. SAVA PRIZE WINNERS
30.01.2013
The biggest educational award - St Sava Prize for special results and contributions in the development of education in Serbia, during the last year from 424 works and proposals, 20 institutions and individuals got these prizes. Very strict criteria for prize giving – criteria by which the Commission for Ministry of education, science and technological development was working with, this year fulfilled also three candidates from Nis: `Desanka Maksimovic` elementary school- Cokot (Palilula municipal territory), as well as individuals-talented pupils Djodje Davidovic and Teodora Djordjevic. On this occasion, in elementary school `Desanka Maksimovic` in Cokot, in the presence of many guests, president of Palilula Municipality Boban Dzunic City representatives, other educational institutions and associations, the ceremony and promotion of the school work took place together with documentary movie about the school. At the ceremony were also the prize winners – talented pupils from Nis, Djordje and Teodora.

`The feeling I have today, in this elementary school, can be defined in three words: satisfaction, honour and cosiness, said Dzunic in his greeting words. Satisfaction for the fact that Desanka Maksimovic school in Cokot for applying high standards and contribution in teaching with results of many competitions in country and abroad, school that got one of the highest prizes in education. Honour, because I am here present as the president of Palilula Municipality where this school is situated, and cosiness having in mind the school atmosphere present with everything that surrounds it. The thing that Palilula can in this moment do, as unit of local self government of the City of Nis, is the support to projects and school activities. We will put efforts to provide certain resources for the stimuli of young talents and their future improvement`, emphasized president Dzunic.

We are very much happy and proud since St Sava Prize - our biggest prize for contribution in education goes also for our school. Our effort and results in the education, in education development are now valued said Ljiljana Radovanovic Tosic, head master of the prize winning school. We are very much proud that we are candidates by UNICEF, since it is one important organization that deals with life quality of our children and our aim is to maximally improve the life quality of children and build educational policies within the school.

We represent a school model that cherishes INCLUSION AND ADAPTION. With that status we have an obligation to initiate activities, start something new, exchange, create, write manuals, work as team. That is legal procedure and moral obligation of all those employed in education in the best way to give support to every single child that is in need. Inclusion is frequently wrongly determined as education that is also given and provided for children with difficulties. Inclusion is quality education. Inclusion means writing of rich education programmes for children who are gifted, means to adapt the education to their needs – emphasizes head master Radovanovic Tosic.

About Desanka Maksimovic school in Cokot can be spoken a lot. It has 90 years of tradition in education, it works on the model of inclusion and adaptation, that is one of five most inclusive schools in Serbia, net member of `peace schools`. In nine objects the lessons is developed with 930 pupils and 104 workers – teachers are included in education in this school. Modern library with 12 000 books and digital material is also available to children and teachers in this school. It is also the organizer of many humanitarian actions and sport competitions.