GRAMMAR SCHOOL “SVETOZAR MARKOVIC” JUBILEE CELEBRATED

11.03.2009.

The president of Palilula Municipality opened the `Science is not tough` festival organized in `Svetozar Markovic` grammar school for celebrating of 55 years of this educational institution.

In his speech president Novakovic addressed to the pupils and professors and emphasized: With great pleasure I wish to congratulate this important jubilee, 55 years of successful work. We are very proud that this school is on our territory –the school that, according to its results is the example of one modern and successful school. Palilula Municipality is  local government organization conceptualized according to European model – which only defines local government, not only as administrative local community service, but as a partner that actively and effectively takes part in solving all the problems of local community, as well as in the sphere of improving life in all its segments.

With our `Strategy of development` we dedicated ourselves to helping educational system, improving and stimulating talent development and also taking care of pupils with special needs and special capabilities. These all are long-term objectives that contribute to whole municipal development and the development of our society. I pronounce `Science is not tough` opened!

Professor Olga Dragojlovic, headmaster of this grammar school, explained the objective of the activities that gathered pupils and professors. `Wishing to present those interesting sides of the school and education through many presentations, exhibitions, experiments and pupil –like-professors activities, we wanted creatively to show the public all that we have learned so far`.

Grammar school `Svetozar Markovic` was opened in 1954. It educates pupils according to the Programme for grammar schools for social-language and natural sciences spheres, Programme for mathematical gymnasium in the classes for talented mathematicians and Programme for specially talented pupils (one of a kind in Serbia).

On state school competitions, during the last school year, 51 pupil won one of the first three places.