EDUCATION MINISTRY BEGINS APPOINTING HEADMASTERS IN DANUBE REGION

REGION $ ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - Croatian Minister of Education and Sport Ljilja Vokic on Thursday appointed headmasters of primary and secondary schools in Osijek County. In the eastern part of the county which is under UN transitional administration, the minister appointed headmaster of a secondary school in Beli Manastir as well as heads of departments of that school and of two area schools in Darda and Dalj. Headmasters of schools in Vukovar County will be named in the coming days. By Thursday, 2,924 primary school pupils and 807 secondary school students in the UN-controlled part of Osijek County have exchanged certificates issued by illegal Serb authorities. In the UN-administered part of Vukovar County, 4,377 primary school pupils and 2,227 secondary school students have exchanged such certificates. School children in the region will not be able to enrol in the next school year without a certificate issued by Croatian authorities. Enrolment in secondary schools in the region will take place in the last week of this month and classes will begin on September 8. There are about 12,000 primary school pupils and about 3,000 secondary school students in the region. The Ministry is rebuilding and equipping schools in the region, which were damaged in the war or which are in a poor state of repair, without basic teaching aids, telephones, faxes and other equipment. (hina) vm jn 211909 MET aug 97