During 2004, Ministry of Education and Science actively
participated in development of National Strategy for Solving a
Permanent Status of Refugees and Displaced Persons in
Montenegro. Development of special project has been planned
that will compete for necessary resources that will be provided
for the support to the “Decade of Integration of Roma
2005-2015” in the scope of established Roma “Education Fund”.
At the beginning of 2007, the Ministry supported the program of
scholarships for Roma pupils in secondary schools, as well as for
Roma students in the University with financial resources
amounting 14,000.00 EUR from the Fund for scholarships for
Roma. However this very important program is over dependent
upon foreign donations.
Certain affirmative measures for the persons belonging to
national minorities exist on the state University. Senate of
Universities adopted the Recommendations and invited all the
faculties to access affirmative actions when registering students,
as far as possible. These measures have been used by the
members of Albanian minority and of Roma ethnic community so
far.
Paragraph 1, Article 17 of the Law on Minorities Rights and
Freedoms, defines the right for the minorities to have their
educational and training establishments. In school year 2006/07
in Ulcinj the first gymnasium “Drita’ with teaching in Albanian
language is established and has started working. The gymnasium
“Drita’ got license from the Ministry of Education and Science
and it conducts publicly valid educational curriculum adopted by
the relevant General Education Council.
Paragraph 2, article 17 of the Law on Minorities Rights and
Freedoms defines financing of such an educational establishment
as the obligation of its founder. Also, Article 32 of the Law on