Staff at Nis University’s School of Philosophy have not been paid for 3 months after standing up to the Education Ministry’s decision to set up a School of Serbian Studies.
Oglas
The School of Serbian Studies was set up over the summer as a project by the Serbian regime. The new university school would take several departmentsfrom the School of Philosophy.
School of Philosophy staff said the Education Ministry withheld funding because they refused to surrender the departments of history, Serbian language and Russian language to the new school.
Assistant professor at the Department of Communications and Journalism Velibor Petkovic said 15 professors and one assistant transferred to the School of Serbian Studies. He said their departure would not disrupt teaching, since at least 25 professors remained in the three departments and could redistribute classes.
The Serbian government decided last November to establish the new school by separating the three departments from the School of Philosophy which has challenged the move in court, and an interim measure by the Administrative Court remains in force while the dispute is pending.
School of Philosophy has been used since the first Serbian university was established in the early 1800s for schools teaching humanities and social sciences.
Teme