Foundation “For the Serbian People and State” grants the annual student awards for the best essay

On 27 th June 2024, just before Vidovdan, the Foundation “For the Serbian People and State” welcomed the winners of this year’s competition for student awards for the best essay and granted them the deserved awards. The awarded students, thanks to years-long work on themselves and their informal education, competing with fifty more submitted essays, succeeded in perceiving the competition- assigned topics from the critical aspect and in showing creativity which won them the favour of our expert panel.

The certificates were granted to the awarded students by Nikola Selaković, Minister of Culture in the Government of the Republic of Serbia and President of the panel, Professor Aleksandar Rastović, PhD, Research Associate in the Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade, and Assistant Professor Ivana Luknar, PhD, Research Associate in the Institute for Political Studies. On behalf of the Foundation ““For the Serbian People and State”, they were welcomed by Director Tatjana Vukić and Professor Uroš Šuvaković, PhD, member of the Management Board.

We thank Aleksandar Davidović and Tamara Orlović, Milja Marjanović and Lazar Bukumirović (who could not attend the ceremony because of the student exchange), as well as Sara Radojević and Bogoljub Andrejević for the excellent essays they wrote about the topics “Artificial Intelligence and Education in the 21 st Century” and “Remembrance Culture: Freedom and National Identity”.

Esseys:

Tamara Orlović

Sara Radojеvić

Milja Marjanović

Lazar Bukumirović

Bogoljub Andrеjеvić

Alеksandar Davidović

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