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Education Success in Serbia
March 2011
ORCA, an animal welfare organization, in Serbia has recently had a major achievement for animal welfare education, and it comes in the form of eleven short words: “Student knows what animal welfare is and how to protect it.” Starting in January 2011, thanks to the Proposal of the Institute for Evaluation of Education Quality, the National Education Council of Serbia has officially adopted education standards for the subject of Nature and Society, meaning official education institutions in Serbia recognize that all students must understand the concept of animal welfare and human duties of care by the end of fourth grade.
This effort comes after over nine years of dedicated work by ORCA: they have worked to train over 1000 teachers about AWE, helping to get AW topics imbedded into different curricular areas in the interim, and prior to this most recent achievement, their lobbying efforts succeeded in making "development of awareness on importance of animal protection” one of the main objectives of the Education Law in the country. They went on to work with influential Union of Teachers of Serbia and Pedagogical Association of Serbia to develop a set of guidelines for systematic integration of AWE into the curriculum. Finally, having this sentence in the set of education standards that teachers must strive to achieve is the culminating point of years of work as it means that hundreds of thousands of students will gain exposure and understanding about animal welfare and their role in protecting animals for decades to come. Congratulations to ORCA on their hard work, and to Serbia for this crowning achievement to help animals!
International Dog Bite Prevention Challenge
March 2011
Did you know that half of all kids are bitten by a dog and most often by their own dog? Experts agree that dog bites are preventable through education. Non-profit Doggone Safe has announced the International Dog Bite Prevention Challenge. The goal is to educate 50,000 children in one week using the Be a Tree dog bite prevention program for school children.
The Challenge will take place during Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21). Presentations will be free to the schools. You can help by becoming a presenter, donating a Be a Tree teacher kit to an animal shelter, sponsoring a presentation through your business or spreading the word to your local schools. Teach a child – save a dog. For more information please visit the website: www.doggonesafe.com.