18.09.2020.
Scholarship competition for the award of 76 student scholarships
The Ministry of Defence has announced a competition for the award of 76 student scholarships for the 2020/2021 academic year. Students of the Secondary Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Schools and the Secondary Agricultural School can apply for scholarships.
The competition is intended for the fourth, third, and second-year secondary school students and only students of particular study programmes can apply.
Students of the Mechanical Engineering School attending the aircraft and engine technician study programme can apply.Students of the Electrical Engineering School attending the following study programmes can apply - aeronautical technician for electronic equipment or electronics technician, aeronautical technician for electrical equipment or electronics technician, mechatronics mechanic for rocket systems or mechatronics technician, mechatronics mechanic for radar systems or mechatronics technician and telecommunications technician or PTT traffic technician.
Students of the Agricultural School attending the food processing technician study programme can apply.
The amount of the student scholarship in the 2020/2021 academic year is 25,000 dinars per month for fourth-year secondary school students, 20,000 dinars for third-year students, and 15,000 dinars per month for second-year students.
After finishing school and appropriate military training with weapons, students will be admitted to professional military service as NCOs at the following duty stations - Belgrade, Lađevci, Niš, Batajnica, Zuce, Pančevo, Novi Sad, Jakovo, Stari Banovci, Kačarevo, Užice and Sombor.
Non-commissioned officer posts in the Air Force and Air Defence offer the opportunity to work with the most modern equipment in the world. Only professional servicemen have this privilege.
The NCO status in the Air Force and Air Defence provides an opportunity for permanent employment, continuous improvement and career advancement, accelerated retirement, guaranteed health care and regular income.
In order to strengthen the NCO staff in the Air Force and Air Defence, in 2019, the first generation of non-commissioned officers who graduated from the Secondary Military School was admitted, and the training of professional soldiers is regularly conducted at the NCO Training Centre which also helps to recruit the staff. Part of the staff is recruited from civilian structures, so student scholarships are one of the ways to recruit new staff.Constant opportunities for advancement and training, working with the most modern equipment and systems that are available only to persons in the Serbian Armed Forces, but also a good financial status that improves every year are just some of the reasons why young people choose military profession as a life choice for a secure future.
The scholarship is awarded to a student on the condition that he or she agrees to join the Serbian Armed Forces and stay in the service for at least twice the duration of the scholarship.
The competition is open until 30 September 2020.
