The primary school “Dusan Jerkovic“is located in Ruma and was named after a teacher and a WWII hero Dusan Jerkovic. Today, there are 810 students at this school, and they are divided into 34 classes (18 classes are from grades 1-4, and 16 classes are from grades 5-8). There are 80 employees, out of which 63 belong to the teaching staff. All the teachers have the Bachelor's degrees; many of them are quite young and have a Master and a PhD degrees and then there are those who are still on graduate studies.
There are 23 classrooms, a computer room, a huge congress hall and a basketball and a handball courts. The school is equipped with some hi tech gadgets. The teachers are aiming towards modern education which must also be of high quality. The teachers develop team work, free thinking and creativity among the students. The teachers organize free time activities and the students are prepared for lots of competitions. Also, lots of competitions are organized at school by the teachers. The school offers numerous elective courses and after-school activities to its students. With lots of pride we can say that our students win prizes at various competitions every year and a few of them end up at state competitions. We pay special attention to the future job orientation as well as to the security of our students. We teach everyone at school to accept, tolerate, respect, learn and develop good behaviour.The school has a long tradition. It is an institution which contributes to the overall development of a person. It is the temple of knowledge, culture and sport.
In this project, students from the third grade of teacher Irene Lazarević are participating. They are 9 years old. They like succes, they like to participate in numerous extra-curricular activities and competitions. They are good friends and they are always ready to help others. In class, they have friends Miga, the young plant of avocados whom they all take care of. They like sport and physical activity. They all love music very much. They love ICT activities.