Vol 4, No 1, 2005 pp. 51-67
UDC 316.334.55.344.3

THE EDUCATION OF THE VILLAGE YOUTH IN SERBIA
Suzana Marković-Krstić
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš
suzanasanja@hotmail.com

The paper focuses on the results of the village youth research through some basic social relationships, activities and the satisfaction of the needs in life: the village family, the village and school surroundings. The quality of education and the differences in the quality of education result from different factors, both individual and family ones, as well as the local environment (the educational environment) and a larger social context. The village youth is at the intersection between the village and the city, between agricultural work and the education  for nonagricutlural vocations, between a new city way of life and the usual village one. The road to new working and life perspectives is open to the village youth through education, although the education opportunities are to some extent limited.
The village youth, aware of  their  social position, tend to carry out their life goals by a high quality education: to acquire knowledge, to develop working and intellectual capacities, to apply the acquired knowledge in professional and everyday life; to contribute to the quality of one’s life, to understanding and to the development of social and cultural surroundings and to make up for the bad social and economical position in that way.
Key words: Village, Village Youth, Scope of Education, Quality of Education. 

ŠKOLOVANJE SEOSKE OMLADINE U SRBIJI
U radu su prikazani rezultati istraživanja seoske omladine preko osnovnih okvira društvenih odnosa, aktivnosti i zadovoljavanja životnih potreba: seoske porodice, seoske i školske sredine. Kvalitet obrazovanja i razlike u kvalitetu obrazovanja rezultat su različitih činilaca, kako individualnih i porodičnih, tako i lokalne sredine (obrazovno okruženje) i šireg društvenog konteksta. Seoska omladina se nalazi na raskršću između sela i grada, između poljoprivrednog rada i školovanja za nepoljoprivedna zanimanja, između novog, gradskog načina života i ustaljenog, seoskog. Školovanjem se seoskoj omladini otvara put ka novim radnim i životnim perspektivama, mada su mogućnosti školovanja, u izvesnoj meri, ograničene.
Seoska omladina, svesna svog društvenog položaja, nastoji da kvalitetnim obrazovanjem ostvari svoje životne ciljeve: da stekne znanje, razvije radne i intelektualne sposobnosti, primenjuje stečena znanja u profesionalnom i svakodnevnom životu; da tako doprinosi kvalitetu sopstvenog života, razumevanju i razvoju društvenog i kulturnog okruženja i time kompenzuje nepovoljni društveno-ekonomski položaj.
Ključne reči: selo, seoska omladina, obuhvat školovanjem, kvalitet školovanja.