Bosnia and Herzegovina: N1 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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00:00:14pay this part, while millions are
00:00:26Good evening, dear viewers, welcome to the news.
00:00:31There will be no miners' protest in Zenica, but there will be one in Sarajevo,
00:00:35a problem for some miners with health insurance cards has been solved, but others are facing late
00:00:38salaries. Miners who were a solution, meaning for 16
00:00:42years based on the solution of low coal prices, we were a solution for the state for
00:00:46low coal prices, we were a solution for the electric power industry, now at this moment
00:00:49miners are a problem. Sad is the government, as they say, if miners and
00:00:53workers
00:00:57such noise produced by that are a problem. From tonight's news.
00:01:04A ceremonial parade of police forces and an academy in Sarajevo marked
00:01:08the 35th anniversary of the mobilization of the reserve police
00:01:11force of the Republic of Bosnia and
00:01:12Herzegovina.
00:01:15Europol's investigation revealed that the path of illegal waste from Gospić
00:01:19leads to the mafia in the neighborhood. What are the connections with Bosnia and
00:01:23Herzegovina? Is our country interesting to actors of criminal
00:01:26activities because they know that the system does not function as it should...
00:01:31So we have been under pressure from these various lobbies
00:01:34for
00:01:36years.
00:01:39Donald Trump signed a law imposing new sanctions on
00:01:42Russia due to the war in
00:01:44Ukraine.
00:01:47Tomorrow sunny, temperatures in the south of the country up to 33
00:01:51degrees Celsius.
00:01:57Due to unpaid August salaries, miners from Breza and Hanbile
00:02:00are going to protest in front of the building of Elektroprivreda in Sarajevo,
00:02:03demanding payment of earned wages, but also answers about the future of
00:02:07the mines. Kakanj miners have given up on the announced protests
00:02:10in Zenica because the Health Insurance Fund offered a lifeline to the miners and
00:02:14temporarily solved the issue of health insurance, but
00:02:18a permanent solution is not in sight.
00:02:20Problems in the mines did not arise overnight, says
00:02:24Jasmin Telalović from the Breza Mine
00:02:27Union. For years, he claims, they worked under conditions
00:02:30that benefited the energy
00:02:33system, while obligations to the miners remained
00:02:36aside. Today, he says, the consequences of that
00:02:40system are most felt precisely in their
00:02:43incomes, contributions, and right to a pension.
00:02:46Miners did not pay for healthcare based on that miserable coal price.
00:02:50Miners were not paid, meaning pension contributions, and miners now
00:02:54have a problem, they can't even leave. So we miners wait 24 months for
00:02:58epizonization from this struggle that we... protected the state, social peace, and we
00:03:02protected Elektroprivreda, we have a powerful Elektroprivreda that is, it's true, they
00:03:05helped us in this way, but based on the low price of
00:03:09coal, they had the task to help us based on that low coal price.
00:03:13Now at this moment, it has come to pass that miners are the problem. Miners who
00:03:16were a solution for 16 years based on the solution of low
00:03:20coal prices, we were a solution for the state for low coal prices, we were a solution for
00:03:23Elektroprivreda, now at this moment miners
00:03:26are the problem. As they say, if miners and workers are a problem.
00:03:30The situation is critical in other mines: Zenica
00:03:33miners have not been paid four salaries, nor allowances for
00:03:37hot meals and transport. Meanwhile, miners from Kakanj
00:03:41have withdrawn from the initially announced protests in
00:03:44Zenica because the Health Insurance Fund of this
00:03:47canton confirmed the validity of health insurance cards,
00:03:51noting that the mines' debts amount to more than
00:03:55175 million marks. From the Government
00:03:58of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we are asking for a concrete step to open a procedure
00:04:02for systematic resolution of mine debts to health institutions,
00:04:06determine the method and sources of financing and adopt a clear plan with
00:04:09deadlines. The validation of health cards temporarily calmed the situation
00:04:13in Kakanj, but it did not remove the problem. Miners are seeking
00:04:17a permanent solution. We no longer want health insurance to be
00:04:21resolved for 15 days,
00:04:24and let them resolve our health insurance until January 1st. Let
00:04:27them find a repayment plan for a long time. Of course, we
00:04:31also have the support of the director of the fund to seek those funds, but let's not
00:04:34break our backs over it. The federal government says they
00:04:38understand the miners' dissatisfaction, but they remind
00:04:41of previous investments in the mining sector.
00:04:44Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić states that in this mandate,
00:04:48212 million marks have been allocated
00:04:51to the mines. 164 million is a World Bank loan for this
00:04:55just transition, and it will, of course, be directed towards
00:04:59those matters. "I understand those
00:05:02people, you know, but when I read
00:05:05that their salaries were paid but their hot meals are late,
00:05:09people, I mean, I'm sorry, but they didn't work, then I can't understand."
00:05:13I mean, not to show feeling for those people who earn that salary, those
00:05:17miners who dig and deliver coal to Elektroprivreda so
00:05:21that Elektroprivreda can produce electricity, sell it and
00:05:26counted on paper, miners count the days until
00:05:30the next salary. For those who go down into the pit, this
00:05:33is not a question of statistics, but of existence.
00:05:37For years, miners have been fighting for their rights, they are not asking
00:05:40for charity, but for what is theirs by law. They will demand
00:05:44this at protests, stressing that they will not
00:05:48allow themselves to become collateral damage of
00:05:51the system. Dragica Pejaković, N1,
00:05:54Breza.
00:05:57The fire on Čvrsnica in the locality of Razvale is still active, and the situation
00:06:01at the fire site is more favorable than yesterday. Two Croatian Canadairs also helped
00:06:04extinguish the fire today with four water drops.
00:06:08Firefighters are on the ground working with chainsaws to
00:06:11cut through the path. The situation on the ground is being assessed, and depending on
00:06:14the development of the situation, further activities will be planned, as stated in
00:06:18the report of the Federal Civil
00:06:20Protection Administration.
00:06:23On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the mobilization of the reserve
00:06:27police force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a parade of police
00:06:30forces was held in Sarajevo today. Armored and
00:06:33other police vehicles, as well as police officers from various
00:06:36police agencies and cadets of the Federal Ministry of Interior's Police
00:06:40Academy moved along the route from the eternal
00:06:42flame to Skenderija. A special part of the parade also consisted of veterans
00:06:46of the police force from the period of defense against aggression.
00:06:49The organizers, the Government of Canton Sarajevo and the Union of Associations
00:06:52of Police of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1991
00:06:56to 1995, wished to pay tribute to the generations who
00:07:00participated in the construction and preservation of police institutions of Bosnia and
00:07:03Herzegovina and the defense of BiH. Numerous citizens gathered
00:07:07along the route and greeted the participants of the parade.
00:07:10"In this way, we demonstrate our
00:07:15readiness for all scenarios that may arise before
00:07:18our police forces, especially unity, because
00:07:22only together can we, therefore, respond to
00:07:25security challenges of every kind. I am sure that we
00:07:28in the entire Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially these people
00:07:32who are here today with this equipment, that we can
00:07:35do all that and that we have the strength for all
00:07:39that. "
00:07:43September 19, 1991, when the mobilization of the
00:07:46reserve police force took place, is one of the key dates for the defense of
00:07:50the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I don't
00:07:53know why, but look, today the capital city,
00:07:56this is 35 years, the capital
00:07:59city, has the, I would say, good fortune and all of us to experience
00:08:02and see this parade and this force. We want to show
00:08:06both friends and enemies that we are here that there is someone to defend this
00:08:09country.
00:08:12The commemoration continued with a formal academy, at the gathering in
00:08:15Sarajevo's Skenderija in the Mirza Delibašić Hall, on this occasion,
00:08:19among others, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis
00:08:23Bećirović, as well as the President of the Union of Associations of Police Veterans
00:08:26Vahid Alagić, spoke, emphasizing the importance of the reserve force in
00:08:30the country's defense.
00:08:34We express great gratitude to the surviving
00:08:37police officers and fighters for everything they have
00:08:40done for our homeland.
00:08:43"It is our duty to nurture the culture of
00:08:46remembrance, to pass on the truth
00:08:49to young generations about the role of the police
00:08:52in the defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until
00:08:56the declaration of a state of war in mid- June 1992
00:08:59and the announcement of mobilization, police forces were
00:09:03the only organized armed
00:09:06formations with a clear leadership structure
00:09:10that resisted aggression, along with
00:09:12self-organized patriotic forces, partly
00:09:16organized through territorial
00:09:18defense.
00:09:23The first two weeks of the election campaign were marked by billboards,
00:09:26rallies, and intensive promotion of candidates on social media.
00:09:30At the same time, analysis of the campaign shows that concrete programs are
00:09:33much less in focus, while monitors also record numerous
00:09:37irregularities. What did political parties offer to citizens,
00:09:40and what awaits us in the next two
00:09:43weeks? What did the first two weeks
00:09:47of the election campaign look like? Streets filled with billboards, stands,
00:09:50halls, pens, lighters, daily
00:09:53forums, gatherings, on social media, political
00:09:56ads interrupt articles, a model known from previous campaigns,
00:10:00a lot of money for commercials, posters, and advertisements, but how much concrete program
00:10:04has been offered to citizens? This campaign has offered us nothing
00:10:07new, except that we see that some politicians and candidates have
00:10:11much more money than I think they should have, you know, they
00:10:15pop up on Viber, on WhatsApp, on
00:10:19portals, I went to these stands in the center of
00:10:22Banja Luka, there are children sitting there who don't know anything to... answer.
00:10:25Močović notices an established campaign model, the party president in
00:10:29the center, surrounded by candidates for various
00:10:31levels of government. A particularly intensive campaign is being waged on
00:10:34social networks, according to campaign monitoring, the most active
00:10:38is SNSD, followed by the List for Justice and Order, SDP, PSS,
00:10:41United Srpska and Narodna Pravda, hundreds of posts,
00:10:44but the program is rarely concretely presented in them. It is concerning that
00:10:48after analysis, in only 7.2% of posts was the
00:10:51program of political entities clearly presented, in addition, 9.
00:10:553% of the content referred to belittling or discrediting
00:10:58a political opponent in the elections. A similar pattern is observed by those who follow the campaign
00:11:02at rallies and debates, little presentation of
00:11:05programs, concrete plans and solutions, a lot of enumerating problems
00:11:08and accusations against opponents. Populism is also
00:11:11present, as is nationalist rhetoric that further triggers
00:11:15strong emotional reactions. It seems to me that now in
00:11:19the election campaign you have
00:11:22history that we, I... well at least I, I distance
00:11:26myself, have not heard a single constructive answer related to
00:11:30the future. We are still talking about
00:11:33war, about separation, about the division
00:11:36of the country. In addition to the way the campaign is conducted, numerous
00:11:40irregularities have also been recorded, from July 27, the Coalition "Pod lupom" recorded
00:11:43794 cases, while Transparency International
00:11:47recorded more than 2,000. Most often, they
00:11:50concerned the abuse of public resources, premature campaigning,
00:11:54prohibited activities during the campaign, child abuse, illegal
00:11:57paid advertising, and pressure on voters. The question, however, is
00:12:01how many such cases are sanctioned? Of
00:12:03176 complaints, most are still awaiting processing. Most
00:12:07of our initiatives are still ongoing, so
00:12:0959.7%,
00:12:11a quarter of them 26.7% were rejected,
00:12:15and 10.1%
00:12:18received a sanction, which means that every 10th complaint
00:12:22so far results in a sanction. Based on the initiatives
00:12:25of the Coalition "Pod lupom", the Central Election Commission has so far imposed
00:12:2921 sanctions in a total amount of
00:12:31163,000 convertible marks. Monetary
00:12:35sanctions are meaningless either way, so at this level of
00:12:38corruption and extraction of public money through tenders and other
00:12:42means, I think that political parties simply account
00:12:46for that. SNSD, SDP, PSS, SDA and
00:12:49United Srpska account for three-quarters of the total reported
00:12:53irregularities, and the campaign is only halfway through. Now you will have
00:12:56the next 15 days, which are the last days of this election campaign, so I think
00:13:00that the candidates will literally go wild,
00:13:04they will be everywhere, they will be even more aggressive than they have been so far, I am afraid that
00:13:07some of them will go from house to house with small gifts,
00:13:11persuasions. By the end of the campaign, an even more intensive presence
00:13:14of candidates on the streets and social networks is expected, as well as continued
00:13:17monitoring of possible irregularities and pressure on
00:13:20voters. Those who follow the election process call on the media to
00:13:24report professionally, and citizens to resist pressure
00:13:27and on October 4th to exercise their right to
00:13:31vote. Mirna Ždralović,
00:13:32N1.
00:13:36In the continuation of the news, we will also talk about problems in
00:13:38education.
00:13:42Europe is facing a serious problem, student knowledge test results are
00:13:45worse than ever, France, Germany and the Netherlands are at the bottom. In Bosnia
00:13:49and Herzegovina, we have not had any data for eight
00:13:52years.
00:13:57The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered one-month detention for those arrested in
00:14:00operation "Bure". As stated, the detention was ordered at the proposal of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:14:04for Kenen Ramić, Dino Kovačević, and
00:14:07Adis Nezirović, on suspicion of unauthorized trafficking
00:14:10in narcotics. The "Bure" operation in the Ilijaš area was carried out
00:14:14jointly by the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Indirect Taxation
00:14:17Authority with the help of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Canton Sarajevo. On that occasion,
00:14:21an incredible 1.1 tons of synthetic
00:14:24narcotics were seized. Namely, among the seized substances was
00:14:27the dangerous synthetic cathinone
00:14:30which serves as a substitute for cocaine and ecstasy, and the estimated
00:14:33street value of this record shipment is around 5 million
00:14:37euros.
00:14:41With the discovery of the affair in Gospić, the issue of illegal waste import
00:14:44is one of the main topics in Croatia, and it has resonated in Bosnia and
00:14:48Herzegovina. In some European countries, the waste business
00:14:51has been a very lucrative business for over two decades, a well-established mafia business, revealed a Europol
00:14:55investigation. The connections are suspected to reach our
00:14:59country as well. That the largest part of the waste in Gospić was imported from
00:15:02Italy, was confirmed, among other things, by Europol's investigation. Local
00:15:06smugglers have considered this business for more than two decades not only very
00:15:09lucrative, but less dangerous than drug smuggling, and the profit is almost
00:15:12the same. Everything began about two decades ago with a dramatic increase
00:15:16in cancer patients in the area near Naples, and then an investigation followed, and then
00:15:19the whole tangled mess unraveled. What happened?
00:15:23Criminals applied for tenders throughout the European Union for
00:15:27this, for the processing of hazardous waste, which,
00:15:30when done properly, costs a lot of money. So they cheated a lot
00:15:34on those tenders, and what did they do with
00:15:37the waste? They buried
00:15:40it under meadows where livestock grazed, and
00:15:44then it entered the food chain and led to a dramatic
00:15:47increase in the number of cancer patients. In the Croatian case, it is suspected that
00:15:51tons of waste from Italy arrived in Croatia via Slovenia,
00:15:55in order for the illegal waste business to function, seemingly legal front
00:15:58companies must be involved, while the investigation is ongoing, there are suspicions that
00:16:02under the same guise, in 2014, one hundred
00:16:05tons of waste declared as mixed and non-hazardous was sent
00:16:09from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Derventa.
00:16:12However, the environmental inspection of the Republic of Srpska determined that the mentioned company
00:16:16did not have the necessary permit for importing that type of waste and ordered its return, but this
00:16:20case is not isolated because Bosnia and Herzegovina is interesting to actors
00:16:23of criminal activities because they know that the system does not function as it should.
00:16:27So we are under pressure from these various lobbies
00:16:31already for years. I remember
00:16:34we had a case of Italian waste.
00:16:37It was some textile waste, people suspected it was
00:16:40medical waste somewhere around 2020, if I'm not
00:16:44mistaken, it was somewhere in Drvar, Grahovo that it was disposed of, some private
00:16:47company imported it,
00:16:50and unfortunately, as most problems are solved in this country,
00:16:54most problems caused by private individuals, big
00:16:57businessmen, these problems are solved
00:17:00with our money, so no one was punished for that
00:17:04case, but we, from the budget, that is, the Federation of
00:17:07Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Environment allocated, I don't know how many
00:17:11millions to dispose of that waste. The problem is actually that Bosnia and
00:17:15Herzegovina does not have a hazardous waste landfill, and we produce it. We had
00:17:18a situation, for example, with Kruks in the Haklorkan
00:17:22Committee, a combine here in Tuzla, where
00:17:26for years that Kruks was buried in the ground,
00:17:29it polluted groundwater, nothing was done, I think for about two
00:17:33decades, and still the first phase is now finished, the second
00:17:36phase is now being done. The problem is that again this hazardous
00:17:40waste is being stored at a temporary landfill until the day of
00:17:44export, and all of that again costs the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while
00:17:48private companies remain unpunished. At the same time, neither the population nor activists
00:17:51are satisfied with the steps taken by the Croatian authorities to remediate waste in
00:17:54Gospić and generally manage illegal waste. We cannot escape the
00:17:58fact that we in Croatia live in a kind of partitocracy, in
00:18:01which parties, especially ruling ones, have dominated and
00:18:05permeated public institutions and state
00:18:08bodies with their influence, even those that are scientifically legitimate, while
00:18:11possible criminal connections are apparently neglected. In Bosnia and
00:18:15Herzegovina, incinerators are increasingly promoted as a solution for waste,
00:18:18which is contrary to European directives,
00:18:21which becomes a problem if Bosnia and Herzegovina aspires to join the Union.
00:18:25In addition, for incinerators to be economical, they need huge
00:18:28quantities of waste. If we allow waste imports, we open
00:18:32the gates of hell, conclude our interlocutors. Tatjana
00:18:35Drljić, N1.
00:18:40"We want to sleep with open windows," said the residents of Našice
00:18:44today, who protested against the announced import and incineration
00:18:48of part of the waste from Gospić, carrying banners with messages
00:18:51like "Stop poisoning Našice's air," "Don't
00:18:55trade with our health," "From waste to profit, from health to
00:18:58disease." They sent a message that they do not want that waste in
00:19:02Našice or anywhere in Croatia, and they point out that the cement plant
00:19:05in Našice does not have adequate filters for burning waste,
00:19:09claiming that it is an ecocide and a threat to the health of citizens.
00:19:13They stated that the gathering is a support for those who want to stop the import of waste
00:19:16to Našice, if necessary, even
00:19:19physically.
00:19:22We are here solely because we
00:19:25want that illegal garbage returned from where it was
00:19:28brought. Only one company from Zaprešić applied for the first
00:19:32tender, no cement factory applied.
00:19:36The second tender was not... meaning it was illegally awarded
00:19:39to Koromačno and Našice that we have to burn that waste,
00:19:43people, nothing is compulsory, only
00:19:45death is.
00:19:48This is absurd what is happening to Našice, they have been poisoning us
00:19:51for years, look at Zoljan,
00:19:55a village, they can't eat anything from their gardens,
00:19:59everything is poisoned, people will get poisoned, I don't know how long
00:20:03this will go on.
00:20:07They say illegal garbage, it's not illegal garbage, if it came
00:20:10with permission, it came with permission, it couldn't cross the border without
00:20:14permission, so it's not illegal, it's legal
00:20:17garbage, but they disposed of it
00:20:19illegally.
00:20:24US President Donald Trump signed late last night a law imposing
00:20:28new sanctions on Russia due to the war in Ukraine, which relate to the Russian
00:20:31energy sector, the White House announced. This new law for the first
00:20:35time targets Russia's phantom fleet that bypasses international sanctions
00:20:38and President Vladimir Putin. The law gives Trump
00:20:41the authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five major
00:20:45importers of Russian gas and oil, including China
00:20:48and India.
00:20:52The US, Denmark, and Greenland announced reaching an agreement in the dispute over
00:20:56that Arctic island, and the signing of the agreement is expected next
00:20:59week, according to a joint statement from the Danish and Greenlandic governments.
00:21:03The Danish government announced on platform X that the signing is expected during
00:21:07the UN General Assembly session, followed by the parliamentary
00:21:10procedures necessary for it to enter into force.
00:21:14The US President said that he secured permanent control from Denmark and Greenland
00:21:17and announced the establishment of
00:21:20And then of course, uh, you get a little nervous, because what is it? a military presence in the appropriate part of
00:21:22Greenland. No opponent of the US will be able to have a base
00:21:26or military presence in Greenland or make sensitive investments in
00:21:29Greenland without our express written approval, added Trump.
00:21:50The US have the right and
00:21:53maybe obligation to put their defense at Greenland, as they have
00:21:57had since World War II, so I guess that's
00:22:00okay, that's good actually, it's going to be more quiet
00:22:04now. And I think that the United States is probably going to
00:22:07get what they could have had the whole time if they just
00:22:11asked nicely. So in that sense, I
00:22:14think it's, it's going to be nice. I was just
00:22:18laughing because nothing has changed
00:22:21uh and, and the agreement with between Denmark,
00:22:25Greenland, and US is still the
00:22:27same. Denmark has just been
00:22:30assured that the red line will not
00:22:33be stepped over
00:22:37and so for me, nothing has changed because it's
00:22:40it's nice that that the focus is now
00:22:44on, on Greenland and Denmark and that the
00:22:47states US must, must accept.
00:22:54Don't miss this story at the end of the news.
00:22:56priču.
00:22:59Peer violence among children and youth is an increasingly prevalent problem;
00:23:03legal and institutional mechanisms exist, but the question is how
00:23:07effective they are.
00:23:12The latest PISA testing for 2025 showed
00:23:15a significant drop in the results of fifteen-year-olds in several
00:23:18European countries, especially in France, Germany,
00:23:22the Netherlands, and Finland. But we in Bosnia and Herzegovina are not worried because
00:23:25we haven't had results for eight years, maybe we should be
00:23:29worried about that. PISA
00:23:32is not a classic school test; it checks how well
00:23:36fifteen-year-olds can apply knowledge in situations they may
00:23:39encounter in real life. Students
00:23:42have two parts, two questionnaires, two tests, and one
00:23:46test always focuses on one of the literacies.
00:23:50In the case of 2025, natural sciences were in focus, and
00:23:53for example, if one works for an hour, half an hour or half of that,
00:23:56half of the test is reserved for the research that is in focus
00:24:00and an additional half for the other two literacies.
00:24:03Each of these tests has six levels. In order to say
00:24:07that someone is functionally literate, they must complete tasks at the second
00:24:10level, so they must cross this basic threshold.
00:24:13Of course, for those special ones,
00:24:16there are tasks at the fifth and sixth levels where really
00:24:20serious considerations and different things are required. And it was precisely
00:24:23the basic level in 2018
00:24:26that was unattainable for more than half of the students in Bosnia and
00:24:29Herzegovina. The results then showed serious
00:24:32weaknesses. More than half of the students in Bosnia and Herzegovina did not
00:24:36reach the basic level of knowledge in all three tested areas.
00:24:39The largest share of such students was in mathematics, almost two-thirds.
00:24:43In reading literacy, below the basic level was
00:24:4758.9%, in sciences
00:24:5059% of students. The results were a warning.
00:24:54education system, however, after that there were no new internationally
00:24:58comparable data. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, if we do not
00:25:01have a political agreement at the state level, we cannot participate
00:25:04anywhere outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, that was also the case with PISA. We
00:25:08participated for the last and only time in 2018
00:25:12under great pressure from the international community,
00:25:15funds were found so that Bosnia and Herzegovina could participate in PISA testing,
00:25:19we received very indicative results on which we
00:25:23should have worked in the past period, however,
00:25:26after that there was no more political interest, I
00:25:29think we don't want to see that mirror that someone
00:25:33gives us to recognize our mistakes and to work on those
00:25:37mistakes. Without new data, it is difficult to assess whether there has been progress in the meantime,
00:25:40but also what are the biggest problems that students
00:25:44face today. However,
00:25:46parents believe that testing should not only be a measure
00:25:50of students' knowledge, but more an indicator of the state of the entire
00:25:53education system. It is not right that at
00:25:57the end, that PISA testing, the results of PISA
00:26:00testing, this.
00:26:03relies on children, as if it is about
00:26:06children's pure knowledge, no, this,
00:26:09it should be a picture of a general, general system
00:26:13of education, how much it has managed to evolve, considering
00:26:17how fast we live and how fast
00:26:20all these technologies are progressing
00:26:24and discoveries are every day some new
00:26:26discovery, it is still scarce here,
00:26:30the next opportunity is PISA 2029.
00:26:33The decision on Bosnia and Herzegovina's participation should be made
00:26:36in time because the students who will be tested then will already
00:26:40be part of the education system that needs to be prepared for such
00:26:44testing. This level of assessment that we give and think is
00:26:47serious feedback to children,
00:26:50parents, and systems, educational authorities, it
00:26:54actually is not. We really have very little,
00:26:57almost no research that talks
00:27:00about how educational institutions
00:27:04help young people mature
00:27:07into serious, mature people. PISA 2029
00:27:11brings new challenges, including the measurement of media and AI
00:27:15literacy. Therefore, the new testing should not only be an international
00:27:18ranking list. Its value will be to
00:27:22show what students know today, what they can apply, and
00:27:25where the education system must make changes. Nataša
00:27:29Kerezović, N1.
00:27:33Peer violence among children and young people is an increasingly present problem,
00:27:36so much so that in just one school in Tuzla, the police intervened
00:27:40three times this month. Legal and institutional mechanisms
00:27:43exist, but the question is how effective they are. The Youth
00:27:47Resource Center Tuzla launched an initiative in schools called
00:27:51"Violence is not the solution," all in order to prevent daily
00:27:54incidents.
00:27:58Cursing, mocking, gossiping, physical and sexual harassment,
00:28:01physical conflicts, and digital bullying have become almost
00:28:05daily forms of behavior in schools. School violence
00:28:09intentionally and unjustifiably causes harm to others, students are
00:28:12aware. Responding in kind violence is not the
00:28:16solution. This means that for example, when one student
00:28:19fights with another student and this third student or
00:28:23student, for example, reports it to the teacher
00:28:27of the class. As for violence, when someone, for
00:28:29example, bullies you or something like that. you should contact
00:28:33an older person, a pedagogue,
00:28:36a teacher or the class teacher, because they should
00:28:39solve it, not you, because it would lead to some conflict or
00:28:43some arguments. Schools have protocols in case of violence
00:28:46among students, school pedagogues play a big role in all of this.
00:28:50Teaching staff, schools, parents and the community should be on
00:28:53the same side, i.e., for prevention. In my school
00:28:57I constantly try to suppress
00:29:00it somehow, so that it doesn't happen. because when violence happens, it's already
00:29:04too late, so we need to work, we need to teach children to respect
00:29:08each other, to spread friendship, love, I don't know, to focus
00:29:11more on those positive values, lately there has been a lot
00:29:15of talk about violence, about something negative, and
00:29:19the ministry has taken
00:29:21a series of additional measures to prevent it in some way,
00:29:25to mitigate it as much as
00:29:27possible, we are not omnipotent, but we are doing our best
00:29:31to ensure that it does not happen, no
00:29:35school is happy when it is heard that something is happening,
00:29:38that someone has a habit
00:29:42of covering it up, I don't know why, it
00:29:45should be through work with students, parents, and
00:29:49schools, and through cooperation with institutions, the Youth
00:29:52Resource Center is trying to establish clearer ways
00:29:55of acting in situations that precede violence. It is true
00:29:59that schools have their own rules according to which they act,
00:30:03but all these rules are precisely about reacting when something
00:30:07has already happened. Our goal is to try to get to a point where
00:30:11we prevent situations from happening, that they
00:30:14adopt these rules according to which they will know how to
00:30:18react and how to react to prevent violence in schools. According to
00:30:21expert opinion, communication skills development programs
00:30:25help children solve social problems and improve
00:30:28interaction between students. There are some
00:30:31students who bother me when you are working, even if you are doing well and if
00:30:35you study too much, they will tell you "what are you studying for,
00:30:38why are you a loser," let's say, and so on. Students should socialize,
00:30:42they should get along, they should help each
00:30:45other. When you have a test in anything, in
00:30:48history, in math, you should always help,
00:30:52talk to them, chat,
00:30:56yes, official data on the number of cases of violence in schools are
00:30:59unavailable.
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