The university center will not be a hotel, as the municipality of Berane requested it, but the home for pupils and students, the Ministry of Education announced. From the Municipality Berane, they announced that students are moving into in the premises of the University Center, although the court case has not yet been completed and they accused the Ministry of Education of transforming the building into a private company of the Social Democrats (SD).
"We did not allow the University Center, as a capital project, in which the Government of Montenegro, and not the municipality, invested 3.5 million euros, to be transformed into a hotel, as the Berane Municipality requested, and whose management would use it according to its needs, but a home for pupils and students," said the Ministry.
That is why, as stated, it was reconstructed, it will be of the utmost benefit to the citizens of Berane, pupils and students who continue their education in the territory of this municipality.
"Let's keep in mind that this facility’s availability of over 200 places open opportunities for opening new study programs in Berane, which the government is entirely devoted to," the statement said.
It is emphasized that the question of the registration of this facility is obvious.
"The Real Estate Directorate has, upon resolution of the Property Administration's request, registered the property right on the Montenegrin state's property. The object, again following the law, is managed by the Student House of Pupils and Students, whose founder is the Government of Montenegro. It is emphasized that the Ministry of Finance as a second-instance authority confirmed all the above. This facility is now available to our pupils and students."
It is stated that even more strange is the fact that the municipality of Berane is concerned that the Government of Montenegro wants to make Berane a university center, which has no modern accommodation capacities for pupils and students, and which the University Center certainly provides.
"In the end, we appreciate the insubstantial processing of this topic through public announcements, which is reduced to political qualifications, by offering no single real argument. It is trivial in relation to the youth who will use this facility but also the competent state authorities who have already decided when it comes to this issue," the statement said.
Text by MINA News, on January 23rd, 2019, read more at Vijesti
