Municipality of Shuto Orizari represented by the education adviser Ramiza Sakip in cooperation with the Elementary School ,,Braka Ramiz I Hamid”, presented by the director Alvin Salimovski, the kindergarten “8 April” presented by the Director Sonjul Ahmed and the consultant of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Department for Roma and Sinti Mustafa Asanovski, organized a meeting with Roma parents in order to inform them about the enrollment in the forthcoming school year 2019/2020 as well as the necessary documents and the deadline for school enrollment.

During the informal celebration, the importance of primary education, pre-school education, as well as the benefit of this important process in the future was emphasized.

Roma parents were encouraged to enroll their children within the legal deadline, from May 1 to May 31.
The date is the same in other primary schools as in the territory of the city of Skopje and throughout the republic

Nearly 1,000 Roma live in Bijeljina, and according to the data from the Grahovo Association for the Promotion of Roma Education "Otkharin" and the women's association "Roma", only 0.5 per cent of the members of this national minority are employed.

In order to improve their situation, social entrepreneurship and company "Agroplan" were formed, where marginalized groups have an advantage in employment.

With the mediation of this company that deals with production in greenhouses for vegetables, a dozen Roma are employed.

About 200 Roma families in Bijeljina face numerous problems, and the largest is unemployment. Most Roma people exist from the collection of secondary raw materials and plastic packaging.

The survey shows that the level of employment of Roma is very low. The Otakarin Association formed within the project "Economic strengthening of the Roma woman through production in greenhouses" financed by the GIZ, at the companie "Agroplan"

The goal is thus to secure the employment of Roma, which is also the largest minority community in Bijeljina, said the executive director of this association, Dragan Jokovic.

Link: https://srpskainfo.com/romi-u-plastenicima-uzgajaju-organsko-voce-i-povrce-sve-prednosti-socijalnog-preduzeca-agro-plan-u-bijeljini/