Students at the Higher School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (VISER) in Belgrade were left stunned when the academy’s president, Ana Savić, literally kicked them out of the building they had been blocking in protest. Yes, you read that right – the students blocked the building, only to be locked out and denied access to their personal belongings!
The drama unfolded this morning when Ana Savić stormed into the building with professors, expelled the students, tore down their banners, and locked the entrance doors. Students claim they were left without access to their things, while police secured exam sessions at the Law Faculty in Novi Sad, where tensions also flared due to attempted blockades.
Student Stefan recalls that on May 11, an online teaching decision was passed, and the summer semester officially ended last Friday. However, the January exam period had low attendance, and today was supposed to mark the start of the next exam session – now impossible due to the chaos. Students demand proper classes, but not this way – with clashes, expulsions, and locked doors.
A Blic reporter found several young people outside VISER carrying boxes of their belongings, while the hallways were covered in graffiti and torn banners. It looks like a scene from a student movie, but sadly, this is Belgrade in 2024.
This mess raises a serious question: who’s really to blame here? Did the students go too far with their blockades, or did the school administration cross the line? Or is this just the tip of the iceberg of Serbia’s higher education problems?
Got thoughts? Maybe you’ve been part of protests like this? Drop a comment below – let’s see who’s on whose side in this wild mess!
