Secondary-school enrollment begins, while Danas reports many vacancies in gymnasium IT classes
Electronic enrollment through the Moja srednja skola portal began on June 29 at 08:00 and runs until July 2 at 15:00; 021 and Novosti write that in-person enrollment at the assigned school is possible on July 1 and 2 from 08:00 to 15:00. The plan lists 71,614 available places and just over 64,400 eighth-graders finished school; Danas reports from first-round results that only three of 38 gymnasiums with IT tracks filled their quotas, while Novi Sad's Gimnazija "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj" has 46 of 60 IT places empty.
What matters
Enrollment stays open until July 2 at 15:00
Electronic enrollment through the Moja srednja škola portal began on June 29 at 08:00. Direct enrollment at the assigned school is possible on July 1 and 2 from 08:00 to 15:00, except for music and ballet schools.
The plan has 71,614 places
Novosti says the system has 71,614 available places, while just over 64,400 eighth-graders finished school.
IT classes are filling the slowest
Danas reports that only three of 38 gymnasiums with IT tracks filled their quotas; Gimnazija "Jovan Jovanović Zmaj" in Novi Sad still has 46 of 60 places open.
Belgrade and Kragujevac also left IT quotas unfilled
According to Danas, Prva beogradska gimnazija has 12 places left, Zemunska gimnazija enrolled only 5 of 20, and Prva kragujevačka gimnazija left 29 of 40 places empty.
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Enrollment of pupils in secondary schools begins
021 writes that electronic enrollment through the Moja srednja skola portal began on June 29 at 08:00 and will last until July 2 at 15:00. Future secondary-school pupils can also enroll directly at the school to which they were assigned, except for music and ballet schools, on July 1 and 2 from 08:00 to 15:00. Final allocation results have been published on the portal; four-year vocational secondary schools have 40,000 places, while music, ballet and art schools have 1,770 places in total.
Electronic enrollment in secondary schools starts today: here is how long it will last
Novosti writes that enrollment via the Moja srednja skola portal begins on June 29 at 08:00 and runs until July 2 at 15:00, while direct enrollment at the assigned school takes place on July 1 and 2 from 08:00 to 15:00. Final allocation results were published one day earlier than the enrollment calendar had planned. The plan has 71,614 places and just over 64,400 eighth-graders finished school; gymnasiums have about 17,000 places, including nearly 3,000 in specialized classes, three-year profiles have about 14,000 places, and dual education has slightly more than 3,000.
A debacle in IT classes: what the first secondary-school enrollment results show
Danas writes that first-round allocation again showed that classes for talented pupils and pupils with special abilities were opened too lightly. Aleksandar Markov of Edu Forum told Danas that almost all gymnasiums had vacancies in IT tracks: Prva beogradska gimnazija had 12 empty places, Zemunska gimnazija enrolled only 5 of 20, and Gimnazija "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj" in Novi Sad left 46 of 60 IT places empty. According to Danas, only Treca and Deveta gimnazija in Belgrade and Krusevacka gimnazija filled their quotas among 38 gymnasiums with IT profiles; Prva kragujevacka gimnazija left 29 of 40 places empty, and no pupil was assigned to the IT class at Gimnazija "Bora Stankovic" in Vranje.
Overall takeaway
Enrollment is already running on a fixed calendar, but the main first-round signal is weak demand for gymnasium IT tracks. For families, that means the core deadline is underway while notable vacancies still remain in the specialized classes.
What this means for residents
Families and pupils
Check the allocation in Moja srednja škola and do not miss the July 1-2 in-person enrollment window if needed.
Applicants for IT classes
Many gymnasiums have not filled their IT quotas, so places may still remain available after the first round.
Schools and administrators
Unfilled specialized classes mean schools will have to continue enrollment and revisit class planning.
