SCHOOL BOYCOTT IN CRO DANUBE RIVER REGION CONTINUES ( Editorial: --> 0018 )

( Editorial: --> 0018 ) OSIJEK, Nov 11 (Hina) - Out of 15 elementary and four high schools in the UN-administered part of the Osijek-Baranja County, eastern Croatia, classes are not being held only in one elementary school in Dalj and regional departments of Beli Manastir high schools in Darda. According to Ksenija Zbozil, head of the County education office, about 100 parents gathered at the elementary school in Dalj on Tuesday and elected a delegation which should draw up their demands and forward them to Croatian education services. She said she did not know what these demands could be. Only a dozen out of 250 pupils of the fifth, sixth and seventh grades attending classes in the Serbian language in Dalj came to classes today. About 90 pupils of regional departments of Beli Manastir high schools in Darda refused to attend classes. Zbozil called both them and pupils in Dalj to start attending classes as of tomorrow. She told their parents not to abuse their children, as school non-attendance would damage them the most. (hina) ha jn 111909 MET nov 97