Court in Bijeljina rules in favour of Bosnian language in school

The Basic Court in Bijeljina passed a verdict in favor of the parents of students of the Elementary School "Mesa Selimovic" from Janja over violation of the right to equal treatment and discrimination. The basic court ruled that the entity of Republika Srpska (Government of RS - Ministry of Education and Culture) and the elementary school prevented, limited and excluded equal treatment in terms of naming and writing the Bosnian language as a mother tongue in the school's pedagogical and other documentation (certificates, student records and other documentation) in relation to students of Bosniak ethnicity/children of the plaintiff, as well as in relation to all other students of Bosniak ethnicity, and violated the right of parents and students of Bosniak ethnicity to equal treatment. Pročitaj više