Rezekne District Officers visit Croatia

Croatia is usually associated with a lazy holiday in the Adriatic Sea or occasional walks along tourist favourite towns, beaches and national parks, but the Rēzekne municipality, who has recently returned from the municipality of Sisak-Moslavin in Croatia, convinced that Croatia is a country where much is being worked to recognise and develop the talent of children and young people.

“Talent - that means 99% hard work,” says Marina Šarigina, teacher of the Primary School of Verham, who was one of the 12 teachers who went on an experience exchange trip to Croatia in December. To see a child's talent, he must be given the opportunity to show it. The Director of the Primary School of Verham, Yevgenia, knows that the Croatian education system provides an opportunity for any student to undertake an in-depth study of an object or programme, as well as to participate in various clusters and creative workshops. “The Rēzekne District Delegation had the opportunity to visit three schools, two of which were with music. We enjoyed children's concerts, performances, and plays. Of course, we saw and appreciated the enormous contribution of teachers, because a thorough and thorough teacher's day-to-day work is behind the perfect performance of a student," the director says. “We had an opportunity to visit hours and participate in the learning process,” says Dina Dervenik, principal teacher of Vērēmu. “We watched, learnt, and learned a lot of new ideas we'll use in our lessons and out-of-class events, such as drawing rooms and celebrating festivals.” It was also a great pleasure for teachers to participate in the creative workshops of Sisaka's primary school, who were led by children with their parents.
The Croatians are a very musical nation. It was a pleasure to watch the people singing Croatian peoples and playing People's music instruments. All classes have Croatian flags. Unforgettable was a concert at the Museum of Music, where we could enjoy the performance of students at a high technical level, and the memories share Maltas 1 st secondary school teacher Inta Paulina. On the other hand, the teachers of the same school Sandra Schtekele and Imants Tučs notes that the schools invested in the modernisation of the training base, the renovation of urban and rural infrastructure, despite the fact that in the Sisak-Moslavinas area there was a hostility in the 1991-1995 area, which is still evidenced by the firing of guns, guns and mine-welders on the walls of many houses. The elimination of the consequences of the war required close cooperation between the various organisations and people, as well as the setting of priorities. One of Croatia's priorities is a competitive education system. The municipality of Sisak-Moslavin, in close cooperation with local entrepreneurs and sponsors, has established the “ISKRA” fund, which supports and rewards the most talented pupils once a year.
“Our young people don't usually go to foreign countries — their talents are necessary for us,” with the pride of the project manager, Sisak-Moslavich, Christina Stimac.
The need to seek and develop children's talents is also supported by the municipality of Rezekne, which in 2011-2013, together with Croatians, operates the European Union Comenius-Regio partnership in the project “Step2Peak, Activate & Respond2Kids”. The short name of the project is SPARK, which means “spark” in Latin. The project co-operation partner is also Rezekne High School.

co-ordinator of the project “SPARK” in Rezekne municipality