Public invitation to schools in the Republic of Croatia to nominate pupils for the annual award "Luka Ritz" MoSES,
October 23, 2008.
The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports sent today a public invitation to all schools in the Republic of Croatia to submit proposals for the presentation of the annual award "Luka Ritz" aimed at promoting tolerance and violence-free schools.
All elementary and high schools in the Republic of Croatia may nominate pupils who have been promoting tolerance, humane and non-violent behaviour, and the Award will in early June next year be awarded to one elementary school pupil and one high school pupil.
The Award comprises a sculpture, a special acknowledgement in the form of a charter and a one-year scholarship in the amount of 1,000 kuna a month. The school attended by the awarded pupil will get a special acknowledgement.
The sculpture, as a part of the Award, will be created by a student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where a tender was called today for the selection of the best work.
The deadline for submitting applications is 15 March 2009. The decision on the award winner will be made by the Commission composed of: a representative of the family of the late Luka Ritz, a representative of the National Pupils’ Council of the Republic of Croatia, a representative of the Croatian Agency for Education, a representative of the Agency for Vocational Education and a representative of the respective Ministry.
The Decision on the introduction of the annual award "Luka Ritz" was reached by Dragan Primorac, PhD, MD, Minister of Science, Education and Sports, in late September 2008.
