Public call for applications for the award of scholarships to secondary school pupils of Roma nationality for the 2024/2025 school year

The Local Council for Improving the Position of Roma of the City of Smederevo issues the following:

Public call for applications for the award of scholarships to secondary school pupils of Roma nationality for the 2024/2025 school year

For the 2024/2025 school year, 44 (in words: forty-four) scholarships will be awarded to secondary school pupils of Roma nationality.

I Conditions for receiving a scholarship

In accordance with the Decision on Adopting the Local Action Plan for the Social Inclusion of Roma Men and Women in Smederevo for the Period 2022–2024 (“Official Gazette of the City of Smederevo”, No. 10/2021), secondary school pupils of Roma nationality are entitled to a scholarship under the following conditions:

• they are citizens of the Republic of Serbia;
• in the current school year, they are enrolling in a given grade for the first time at a school

founded by the Republic of Serbia or a local self-government unit of the

Republic of Serbia, whose education is financed from the budget of the Republic

of Serbia;

• they achieved an average grade of at least 2.50 in the previous school year;
• they have a conduct grade of at least 3;
• their parent or guardian has permanent or temporary residence in the

territory of the City of Smederevo;

they do not receive any other scholarship.

II Criteria for ranking candidates for the award of scholarships

The ranking of candidates for the award of pupil scholarships is determined on the basis of the following criteria:

1. Results achieved in the previous grade, namely:

for first-year secondary school pupils, the average grade achieved in

Grade VIII of primary school is taken into account,

for pupils in the other grades of secondary school, that is, from Grade II to Grade IV, the

average grade achieved in the previous grade of secondary school is taken into account, and

2) Year of secondary school enrolled.

Results achieved in the previous grade are expressed as a number of points obtained by adding up the points for results in the previous grade and the points for the year of secondary school the pupil attends.

• For first-year secondary school pupils, results in the previous grade are expressed as the number of points corresponding to the average grade achieved in Grade VIII of primary school (from 2.50 to 5.00),
• For pupils in Grades II to IV of secondary school, results in the previous grade are expressed as the number of points corresponding to the average grade achieved in the previous, completed grade of secondary school (from 2.50 to 5.00),
• The number of points according to the year of secondary school the pupil attends is:

for Grade I	0.40
for Grade II	0.50
for Grade III	0.60
for Grade IV	1.00

III Required documents

When applying to the Call, the candidate submits the following documents and forms, which are listed in the Call and form an integral part of it:

1. The original Application for the award of scholarships to secondary school pupils of Roma nationality, which is published as part of this Call and can be downloaded and printed from the website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs ), or a printed copy can be obtained at the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, office no. 71 (FORM No. 1: APPLICATION);

• A certified Confirmation from the secondary school the pupil attends that the pupil is enrolled as a full-time pupil in the 2024/2025 school year, which is published as part of this Call and can be downloaded and printed from the website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs ), or a printed copy can be obtained at the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, office no. 71 (FORM No. 2: CONFIRMATION);

• A certified photocopy of the school report for the previous grade completed;

• A Statement that the candidate does not receive another scholarship, which is published as part of this Call and can be downloaded and printed from the website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs ), or a printed copy can be obtained at the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, office no. 71 (FORM No. 3: STATEMENT);

• A certified Confirmation that the candidate is a member of the Roma national minority, which is published as part of this Call and can be downloaded and printed from the website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs), or a printed copy can be obtained at the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, office no. 71 (FORM No. 4: MEMBERSHIP of the Roma national minority);

• The original or a photocopy of the pupil’s Certificate of Citizenship of the Republic of Serbia, regardless of the date of issue;

• A confirmation of the pupil’s permanent/temporary residence, or a copy of the parent’s/guardian’s identity card or, if it is a biometric card, a printout of its data.

Applications with complete documents are to be submitted to the filing office of the City Service Centre in a sealed envelope marked “Application under the Public Call for applications for the award of scholarships to secondary school pupils of Roma nationality for the 2024/2025 school year”.

IV Deadline for submitting documents

The deadline for applying to the Call is ten days from the date of its publication on the City of Smederevo website and on the notice board of the Smederevo City Administration.

Late and incomplete application documents will not be considered.

V

The scholarship amounts to RSD 5,000.00 (in words: five thousand dinars).

Candidates will be informed of the results of the Call on the City of Smederevo website.

VI

Candidates can collect the application forms for the Call at the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, office no. 71.

VII Further information

Further questions about the award of scholarships can be sent by email to djulijeta.sulic@smederevo.ls.gov.rs or asked by telephone on 026/672-724, ext. 1834, every working day from 7:30 to 15:30.

CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL

For Improving the Position of Roma

Slaviša Stošić (signed)

Required documents: