The Institute for the Development of Pre-University Education of the Canton of Sarajevo, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of the KS, launched an initiative to create educational material for all students in the Canton of Sarajevo, in order for them to learn about the mass suffering of citizens during the siege of Sarajevo in the period 1992-1995. year.
The educational material was presented today at the "Fatima Gunić" Elementary School, and its content and significance were discussed by the author and representative of the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law Merisa Karović-Babić, the line minister Naida Hota-Muminović, the Minister for Veteran Affairs Omer Osmanović and director of the Institute, Senada Salihović.
"First of all, I want to mention that civilians of Sarajevo were killed en masse in 230 locations in the part of the city that was under siege. Here, in these educational materials, 20 locations of the most massive crimes, where children were also killed, are singled out. It is important to note that in 15 of the 20 locations selected in the educational material, two members from the same family were killed each, which speaks volumes about the scale of the crimes that were committed," Karović-Babić stated, among other things.
Director Salihović said that, thanks to the work of respected Dr. Sci. Merise Karović-Babić, in Sarajevo Canton to have a uniform education of all our students about everything that happened during the siege of Sarajevo.
"Fatima Gunić Elementary School was chosen for the presentation of this educational material by chance, because there is a museum dedicated to the innocent martyred teacher and her students, who were killed by criminals from the surrounding hills during class," the director pointed out.
She also stated that history lessons will be held for students about the suffering of Sarajevo civilians.
"This year, we introduced a novelty in our school practice, which is that our primary and secondary school students attend the anniversaries of the mass killings and killings of Sarajevo citizens. For this need, the Institute has created a good material, based on facts, established truths and on the basis of everything that will be good material for teaching, to prepare students for this type of education and marking. We will continue to build a culture of memory, because Sarajevo was an open camp, and the civilians who survived those Golgothas in the longest siege of a city in modern history really have an obligation to pass on those memories, and the school system is the best way to do that." said Minister Hota Mumunović.
She emphasized that this is becoming a special program for marking and nurturing the culture of memory and memory.
"It is not necessarily realized in classrooms, therefore, not through one subject, but through all subjects and extracurricular activities. On the day we mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of the citizens of Sarajevo, we will prepare a history lesson in schools, and on that day all students will receive basic information about the event and pay respect to the victims. Certain schools will directly participate in the commemoration of the anniversary of the massacre," said Minister Hota-Muminović.
KS Minister for Veteran Affairs Omer Osmanović said that it is very important to talk about the events during the 1,425 days of the siege of our city and pass the truth on to the younger generations, because with the culture of memory we protect our history from being forgotten.