Education System Problems

 

Nebojša Stefanović faking his Ph D.

So, what i am hearing about the curious case of Nebojša Stefanović, the education system, not just in Serbia or in the Philippines or any other third world countries are not what we should have. So, when i will try to plagiarize one make some hypothesis without much or no research at all, i will still get that diploma? What is this? American style education?

Here are some of the plagiarized articles in Serbian:

-       on page 14, Stefanović writes about self-government in Italy and, among other things, says: “Nadzor nad radom lokalne samouprave, osnosno aktima opština i provincija, vrši nadzorni odbor regije, koji može imati svoje pododbore za određena upravna područja. Odbore čine eksperti…” – this is copied from Decentralizacija kao polazište daljeg razvoja Srbije: priručnik, a book published by Dejan Vučetić and Dejan Janićijević in 2006, in which we find the following on page 94: “Nadzor nad aktima provincije i opštine sprovodi nadzorni odbor regiona, koji može imati pododbore za različite upravne oblasti. Jedan takav odbor najčešće je sastavljen od eksperata…;”

-       on page 61, Stefanović starts a new chapter by observing: “Osnovni uslov za efikasan menadžmenta (sic!) je demokratizacija upravljanja i angažovanje sposobnih kadrova za izvršavanje kompleksnih poslova i zadataka u lokalnim samoupravama.” This is plagiarized from an abstract belonging to Mehmed Avdagić, Maja Radić and Dževada Avdagić’s “Demokratizacija menadžmenta u procesima promjena,” from 2012, which reads: “Jedan od osnovnih uslova za djelovanje menadžmenta promjena je demokratizacija upravljanja i okupljanje najsposobnijih kadrova za izvršavanje delegiranih poslova i zadataka;”

from the link:(http://balkanist.net/getting-a-phd-in-serbia-has-never-been-easier-the-case-of-minister-of-internal-affairs-nebojsa-stefanovic/)

 The Philippine situation, overcrowded.

Meanwhile in my homeland, the education system is much messed up. I don't want to mention this but i have to. I haven't finished college yet, but i have the right to say this. For the millions of children that has limited access to quality schools and being denied even in public schools due to overcrowding, what else does the Philippines will have? Uneducated people of course. Shifting classes for the younger generation would be worse than good. Why? Poorly trained teachers as well or affected by floods, traffic jams, and other reasons will continue to plague the Philippine system, thus helping the spread of "regionalism" than Philippine unity through quality eduction. Why not make the lower and middle schools as free in public schools? To modernize bit by bit the education system. Or, make the private schools offer 60% scholarship to those with high grades from the poor and marginalized sector? Many of the poor people have smart kids but untrained. Filipino national hero Jose Rizal once said: "the youth are the future", which is true.

Whether they are from Serbia or the Philippines doesn't matter. We need every country to modernize the education system or else, we will not stand up against incompetent leaders and imperialists.