ANNUAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
and activities of the school management Ombudsmen do not consider discriminatory and are of
the opinion the school management did not treat the child differently from other students in the
same school.
Example: Ombudsmen registered a parent complaint 383 in which he emphasizes his concern that
extremely dangerous wooden pillars of 30-40 cm in height, which are not well fixed in the ground,
have been erected in the Second Primary School in Gračanica, and that the area is slippery due to
rain and mud and is a danger for the safety of children. The Ombudsmen issued a recommendation
to the school 384. The recommendation was implemented.
Example: Parents of children attending classes at Branko Radičević Primary School in Banja
Luka 385 pointed out the problem regarding the teaching of the second shift starting at 3.10 pm,
pointing out the problem of the lack of a sports hall and adequate physical education for all
students, as well as the lack of possibility to organize an extended stay for children in grades I and
II. Following the inquiry procedure, the Ombudsmen made a recommendation 386 to the Ministry
of Education and Culture of the Republika Srpska, City of Banja Luka and Primary School
"Branko Radičević" Banja Luka. The Ombudsmen were informed that the "Branko Radičević"
primary school in Banja Luka had received eight new classrooms and that classes would be taught
in two shifts, noting that the first shift would start at 07.25 am and the second one would start at
1.30 pm. As for the new gym, the City informed the Ombudsmen 387 that a building permit is being
obtained and technical documentation has been prepared previously, as the School states 388 that a
project has been made for the new hall, and that it is necessary to provide funds for its construction.
Example: Ombudsmen acted on the complaint of the child's mother 389 attending Tuzla Mixed
Secondary School in Tuzla, believing that in the treatment of her child, the School violated the
provisions of the Law on Secondary Education of the Tuzla Canton and the Rulebook on
Violations of Discipline, the procedure for determining student responsibility, the length of the
pedagogical measure, its mitigation, termination and consequent relationship the assessment of
student behavior as well as compensation for material damage done to the Tuzla Canton, as well
as provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Following the investigation, the
Ombudsmen issued a Recommendation 390 to Mixed Secondary School Tuzla. The
recommendation was implemented.
Example: The child's father in his complaint 391 pointed out the unprofessional and nonpedagogical treatment of teachers at the Public Engineering High School Sarajevo. The
Ombudsman Institution requested a statement from the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth
of the Sarajevo Canton, the Cantonal Administration for Inspection Affairs, the EducationalPedagogical Institute and the Public Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering in Sarajevo,
Ž-SA-01-633/19
P-171/19
385
Ž-BL- 01-588/17 and Ž-BL-01/641/17
386
P-No. 124/19 of 13.05.2019.
387
Act No. 15-610-329/2019 dated 04/06/2019.
388
Act No. 962/19 of 14.08.2019.
389
Ž-BL- 01-835/18
390
P-28/19 of 31.01.2019.
391
Ž- SA-01-1113/19
383
384
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