Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

It withheld salaries from professors at faculties in blockade in 2025, and from the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš in 2026, claiming it was not a punishment; the Court of Appeal in Novi Sad ruled that cutting salaries solely on the basis of its letter was unlawful. It installed an acting principal at the Fifth Belgrade Grammar School without an open competition, and minister Dejan Vuk Stanković told parents „if this continues, there will be no salaries“ and refused four times to meet the parents and teachers of the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School.

Affairs

  • Bačka Palanka school psychologist fired over work stoppage
  • Pressure on teachers and students at the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School: According to the parents, it missed the legal deadline to advertise the principal's post, and the minister said there was “no need to rush”
  • Family Ministry millions for phantom associations
  • „Safe votes“ and jobs in the public sector
  • Pećinci: opposition supporters' children removed from preschool: Confirmed that the kindergarten director had not carried out the inspectorate's order, and rejected the director's appeal
  • Fifth Belgrade Grammar School: teacher dismissals and suspensions: It appointed Nešović without a competition, announced the dissolution of the School Board and, according to parents, appointed Mrvaljević despite an incomplete application
  • Ministers' disputed doctorates: It established that the Megatrend rector had no London doctorate and said it does not assess the quality of doctorates
  • Pressure on universities and professors' salaries: It did not pay salaries at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš for more than three months; according to the union, it made clear there would be no salaries until the faculty complied
  • Government decree and professors' pay cuts: According to the Free University of Novi Sad, it withheld most of the salaries of teaching staff at faculties under blockade from March to June 2025

People

  • Danka Nešović: assistant minister of education (secondary education)
  • Dejan Vuk Stanković: Minister of Education
  • Srđan Verbić: Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development