OSIJEK, 23 June (Hina) - Out of 621 work contracts which were offered to teachers from the U.N.-administered part of Osijek County, 568 contracts have been signed, the head of the County Office for Education and Culture Ksenija Zbozil
stated on Monday.
OSIJEK, 23 June (Hina) - Out of 621 work contracts which were offered to
teachers from the U.N.-administered part of Osijek County, 568 contracts
have been signed, the head of the County Office for Education and
Culture Ksenija Zbozil stated on Monday. #L#
She added that primary school teachers signed 395 work contracts,
while secondary school teachers signed 173 contracts.
There were some objections on the Serb part, since they demanded
that those who started working after 30 September, 1996, be granted
employment as well, which opposes the commitments the Croatian
Government had taken over, Zbozil said, adding that the Serb request had
to be rejected.
The employees who will not be granted employment are those whose
work contracts expire on 31 August this year, those who do not have the
required qualifications or validated diplomas if they graduated from
faculties outside of Croatia and those who are foreign citizens and do
not have Croatian citizenship certificates, Zbozil said.
Speaking about the replacement of school certificates in the UNTAES
area with the ones issued by Croatian authorities, Zbozil said that the
procedure would be performed by the County Office for Education and
Culture until conditions for the replacement of school certificates are
met by the schools which issued those certificates.
Despite the fact that the joint committee for education agreed at
its last meeting that Croatian education authorities would participate
in all preparations for the new school year in the Croatian Danube river
region, the Serb side has started preparations for enrolments, Zbozil
said.
The UNTAES has re-affirmed that preparations for the new school
year will have to be carried out together, Zbozil said, adding she
believed that this question would be put into Croatian legislation
framework as well.
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