Brnabić: Work has been suspended in 58 out of 1.767 secondary schools

Ana Brnabić boasts that in "to the schools the situation is quite good and it is getting much better".

"More than 70 percent of elementary schools work completely normally. All teachers hold classes for 45 minutes, more than 75 percent, and only one elementary school, out of 1.254 in Serbia, is in total suspension," said Ana Brnabić.

It is about the Elementary School "Dositej Obradović" in Omoljica, near Pancevo, she said on Pink.

"As far as high schools are concerned, the situation is getting better," said Ana Brnabić and added that 58 high schools are in total suspension. "On Friday, we had 71, and now it is 58 out of 1.767 secondary schools in Serbia. In Somborska Gymnasium, practically the entire collective, led by the principal, wants to work, but 20 students occupied the school, under pretexts, and are sleeping there. No one wants to physically throw them out."

Aleksandar Vinić from the United Education Association of Serbia told "Vreme" that many teachers made the decision to return to classes and teach for half an hour, but not because of the pressure they were under with salary reductions or even complete non-payment for the month of February.

"We went on a legal strike, and most of the schools in Čačak are following the decision," says Aleksandar Vinić, who is himself a teacher in this city, where almost no schools have been working since January 20.

He adds that the state did try to crush educators by not paying their salaries, but that is not the main reason why they decided to start teaching classes.

"We were on strike for a very long time and we started to approach the number of one-third of lost classes. We didn't want to put our own students in a situation where they had to end up taking some subjects or repeating the year," he says.