Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Secondary School (Coordinator)
Some of our students come from a lower socio-economical background or live in the villages surrounding the city. Many parents of our students work abroad or in bigger towns. The children are left in the care of their grandparents or other relatives and some of them have poor results at school. That's why the children are emotionally affected by the instability of the family environment. Some of our students stay at the school hostel during the week. Our students take part in many innovative activities, both in our curriculum and extra curricular so as to motivate them and raise their interest thus raising their desire to stay in school and combating early leaving or annual dropping out. Students need motivation and encouragement to develop their abilities, to acquire extra knowledge and skills. We hope that the project will provide a good way to encourage students to get involved in the EU matters. This will also offer the possibility of developing the concept of active European citizenship, based on understanding, respect and tolerance towards other cultures. By this project we hope to promote the European values and the idea of Lifelong learning among our students and to expand the level of commitment to the community of our school by embracing the European dimension. We expect that our students would benefit from experiencing the cultural diversity offered by this project. This will allow them to have a greater understanding of the social and common European problems that occur in other countries, and therefore to suggest solutions for the future based on knowledge, experience and informed understanding.