Niš educators, students and the Free University of Niš call on all teachers and professors in Serbia to stop work every week. In three high schools in Niš, professors recently decided to end their strike
The proposal is that the first day of suspension of work be Thursday, April 10, and then Wednesday, April 16, Tuesday, April 22 i Monday, April 28, Juzne Vesti writes.
"Knowledge is not a commodity, but the foundation of a free society. When the truth is stifled by autocracy, education is a weapon of resistance and a bulwark against tyranny. Our common resistance becomes a moral obligation," they said in the invitation.
They say that students, educators and the free academic community "must be united in the fight for dignity, truth and a future that we will not leave to repression".
Teachers call off strike
How is it?Time” previously wrote, in Niš high schools "Svetozar Marković", "Stevan Sremac" and "Bora Stanković" a part of the collective, sometimes the majority, somewhere the minority, decided to end the suspension of work and return to classes.
The students, however, did not agree with this idea, so they decided to physically block the entrance to the classrooms. Support for high school students from "Svetozar Marković" was provided today by parents and citizens, and the students say that they understand the professors who are under pressure and that they want to transfer the burden of the struggle to themselves.
"I don't think our professors should be condemned for this kind of decision, because many of them, by withholding their salaries, have their livelihood hanging in the balance. However, we consider it unacceptable to return to the classroom as if nothing had happened. We don't have the experience and maturity that the students and our professors have, but we don't want to give up. Everything is compensable, except for justice," said one student of this high school for "Vreme".
The burden of the struggle is taken by the students
"We believe that the decision of our professors is partly caused by external pressures, such as salary reductions, pressure from parents, and the like. By entering into a closed type of blockade, where professors will be prohibited from entering, we want to transfer the burden of this struggle to us," the students announced.
They point out that they are united in a struggle that goes beyond the school walls and crosses the borders of the classrooms.
"Although you have now decided to return to the classroom and hold classes, we students believe that we must not stop. Our struggle must continue," emphasized the students of the "Svetozar Marković" Gymnasium.
A quarter of the professors of the First Niš Grammar School "Stevan Sremac" also decided to return to classes, but since this morning the students have been blocking the entrance to the classrooms with chairs and tables in the corridor. They remind that they will continue with the blockade until the student demands are fulfilled.
A similar decision was made by part of the teachers of the "Bora Stanković" Gymnasium, and the students announce a blockade from 13 pm and call on citizens to support them.
Source: Southern News
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