Ministry of Education Condemns Actions of Students in Blockade
The Ministry of Education has strongly condemned the targeting, insulting, and public pressure directed at professors and students of the Faculty of Medicine (MF) of the University of Belgrade on social media by a group calling themselves 'students in blockade'.
TL;DR
- The Ministry of Education strongly condemned the targeting, insults, and public pressure against professors and students of the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Medicine by a group named 'students in blockade'.
- The Ministry characterized these actions as unacceptable intolerance and politically motivated behavior against respected faculty members.
- The Ministry stated that the faculty members' 'guilt' was their advocacy for higher education institutions to remain focused on education, research, and institutional order, and their lack of political alignment with the student group.
- The Ministry warned that such behavior is neither academic nor democratic, leading to increased tensions, divisions, institutional blockades, and disruption of the educational process.
- The Ministry reiterated that higher education institutions should not be arenas for daily political conflicts, identifying the politicization of the academic space as a key cause of the current crisis.
- The Ministry pledged to support the normalization of the teaching and management processes and to resolve disputes solely within the law, through dialogue, mutual respect, rationality, and tolerance.
- The Ministry appealed to all parties to cease targeting and discrediting political opponents and to contribute to preserving the dignity of the academic community.
- The 'students in blockade' had previously published the names of professors elected as deans and vice-deans on social media, accusing them of violating the faculty's statutes and making insults.