1. Schoolbestuur

UNICEF Serbia and the civil society organisation Centre for Education Policy with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development Republic of Serbia  implemented the project “Combating Early School Leaving in Serbia”.

This project aimed to contribute to decreasing drop-out and early school leaving of children and adolescents through development, establishment, and implementation of the school-based model for early identification of children at risk of dropping out and intervention in situations where dropping-out is taking place.

Combating drop-out and ESL in Serbia has been recognised as a policy priority area.  The Strategy for Education Development in Serbia 2020 (SEDS 2020) calls for the provision of high-quality education for all, an increase of students’ coverage and attainment at all levels of education by maintaining the relevance of education and increasing efficiency. The Strategy implementation is primarily focused on the development of human capital in Serbia, thus underlines importance of the inclusion of pupils from vulnerable and marginalised groups (Roma and children from poor families, children with disabilities and from rural areas etc.).

The CroCooS - Prevent dropout! project was developed in the framework of the EC proposal "Implementation of the European strategic objectives in education and training" under the Lifelong Learning Programme to support innovative policy solutions to reduce and prevent early leaving from education and training (ELET). The main aim of the CroCooS project, which was implement between 2014 and 17, was to contribute to the development of an institutional early warning system (EWS) for preventing early leaving from education and training. It also tested its applicability with national pilots focusing on contextual factors affecting the evaluation.
Regional needs addressed included: sensitizing the staff of each school on the need to address the problem of dropout; actively involving teachers in monitoring students and working with them; developing better relationships between students and teachers; strengthening pupils' sense of belonging to the class and the school; developing relationships of trust by being supportive and ensuring a safe school climate.

Het doel van het MiCREATE-project is het aanmoedigen van de inclusie van diverse groepen migrantenkinderen door het aannemen van een kindgerichte benadering van de integratie van migrantenkinderen op onderwijs- en beleidsniveau. Uitgaande van de behoefte om het bestaande integratiebeleid opnieuw te bekijken is het project bedoeld om de hedendaagse integratieprocessen van migrantenkinderen uitgebreid te onderzoeken en zo hun inspraak, participatie en welzijn te verbeteren.

Het project Preventing School Failure (PSF, Schooluitval voorkomen) was gericht op het aanpakken van het gebrek aan inclusie en rechtvaardigheid in het onderwijssysteem door het verband tussen schooluitval en inclusief beleid te belichten. Het was bedoeld om het bewijs te onderzoeken dat erop duidt dat inclusief onderwijsbeleid schooluitval kan voorkomen – zowel in relatie tot individuen als het algehele systeem.

Prosjektet Supporting Inclusive School Leadership (SISL) undersøkte hvordan man kan fremme inkluderende ledelse på skolenivå og utviklet verktøy som kan bidra med dette. Konklusjonen av prosjektet var at ledelsens mål når det gjelder inkluderende opplæring var full deltakelse i meningsfylte læringsmuligheter, gode prestasjoner og høy trivsel for alle elever, også de som er mest sårbare for å bli ekskludert.