November 14, 2018 - At the elementary school "Drago Milovic" in Tivat the first entrepreneurial classroom was opened.
Director of Elementary School "Drago Milovic", Ruzica Lazarevic, said that children had already made a number of interesting subjects on the tools and machines which the classroom is equipped with.
The entrepreneurial classroom was equipped with donations of a total of 1,750 euros provided by the Secretariat for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship of the Municipality of Tivat and the company "Fidelity Consulting".
The idea of the classroom was created during the visit of the elementary school "Drago Milovic" to the International Fair of Young Entrepreneurs in Berlin last year in February.
PHOTO: Siniša Luković
"We wanted to have a special room for work in our school, which would be equipped with all the resources needed for a small company that we created. The company is called "Jež" and this year it has about 30 members. The idea was presented to the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship which supported our efforts and financially helped to equip the classroom," Lazarevic said.
The "Jež" classroom is equipped with tools for processing metal and wood with shelves, tables, stove, sewing machine, and clay stoves.
The equipment was also partially donated by the management of elementary school "Drago Milovic", as well as janitors and teacher of fine arts education, Hana Mirkov. The water supply company JP "Vodovod" Tivat provided the drainage system.
This well-equipped space will enable teachers and children from the 1st to the 9th grade and realize creative ideas.
PHOTO: Siniša Luković
"It is also planned, with the help of the Parent's Council, to create prices for products from the existing bazaars and to continue selling them in an entrepreneurial classroom, with books that would be led by children with the issuing of bills, all in the interest of a better understanding of entrepreneurial learning. Children are extremely enthusiastic and creative, and primary education plays a major role in their direction and development of entrepreneurial ideas even at this youngest age. Entrepreneurship is high on the agenda of all EU member states and countries that want to join the Union, and the Europe 2020 Development Strategy is insisting that school curricula increasingly focuses on creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship development in children. Entrepreneurship is a dynamic process that requires visions, creations and changes, requires energy and passion, and this classroom is the right place for our children to experience and express themselves," Petar Vujovic, the secretary for economic development and entrepreneurship said. Teachers and professors, with their creative teams of up to 15 pupils at the same time, will use this space.
Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on November 13th 2018, read more at Vijesti
