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5) Provides prior approval for the appointment of the director of the institution from the paragraph 1 point 2 of this article
In the institutions for pupils and students which were founded by the Republic, autonomous province or local self-government unit, the National
Council shall:
1) Put forward one member – the founder’s representative – and give opinion on other candidates running for management board members of
institutions for pupils, whose seat is in the territory of the local self-government unit where the language of a national minority is in official use.
If more than one national minority language is in official use in the local self-government unit, the interested National Councils shall propose a
joint candidate for membership on the management board;
2) Give opinion on candidates running for members of the management boards in institutions for students, whose seat is in the territory of the
local self-government unit where a national minority language is in official use;
3) Give opinion on the electoral procedure for the election of director of institutions for pupils and students, whose seat is in the territory of the
local self-government unit where a national minority language is in official use;
4) Give opinion on the procedure for dismissing director and management board members as referred to in paragraph 2, points 1-3 of this
Article.
The National Council of a national minority, whose language is not officially used in any of the local self-government units, enjoys the rights from
paragraph 2, points 1-4 of this Article in the local self-government unit where its members account for 1% of the total population according to
the latest census.
In higher education institutions, founded by the Republic, autonomous province or local self-government unit, the National Council shall give
opinion on the proposed candidates running for members of administration and management bodies in a higher education institution, where
teaching is done entirely or partially in a national minority language.
Teaching syllabi
Article 13
The National Council shall:
1) Put forward before the National Education Council general platforms for pre-school syllabi, primary and high school syllabi as well as basic
programs of instruction, covering contents which express singularity of a national minority, especially in history, music and art;
2) Put forward before the National Education Council primary and high school syllabi for the national minority language, i.e. its dialect with some
elements of the national culture;
3) Give opinion to the National Education Council with regard to syllabi for Serbian as a second language;
4) Recommend to Minister of Education measures and an education programme for pupils in pupils’ institutions which refer to the affirmation
of multiculturalism and tolerance among ethnic communities;
5) Comment on the school syllabi of institutions which have been defined as particularly important for the national minority.
Textbooks and teaching means
Article 14
When the education work is done in a national minority language, the National Education Council shall propose that the competent Minister of
Education approve using textbooks and teaching materials whose content expresses singularities of the national minority, with the previous
consent of the National Council.
Acting on the National Council’s proposal, Minister for Education shall give approval for the use of national or foreign textbooks in a national
minority language in the education work.
Other competences in the field of education
Article 15
In accordance with the law, the National Council shall:
1) Propose at least one candidate for the joint electoral list of candidates for the election of the National Education Council members;
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