The final ceremony of the event called "Days of Informatics in Schools of Vojvodina 2017” was held on 20 December, 2017 at the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad. On that occasion the prestigious award "Professor Stjepan Han" was awarded to the elementary school "Miloš Crnjanski" from Srpski Itebej, as the most successful school in the promotion and application of information technology.

"Days of Informatics in Schools of Vojvodina" is a manifestation that has been organized for the eleventh time in elementary and secondary schools of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, under the auspices of the Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities - National Communities and Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad - FIMEK. Center for the Development and Application of Science, Technology and Informatics was in charge of the organization and realization of the whole project. The award "Professor Stjepan Han" is awarded every year to the best school in the field of computer science and informatics in Vojvodina. Every year, within the framework of this event, the organizers also reward schools, teachers and students who have achieved outstanding results. The aim of this project is to encourage the process of computerization of teaching in schools of Vojvodina as well as to popularize new technologies in school teaching and extracurricular activities.

On behalf of the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad, the present guests were greeted by the Dean of the Faculty, prof. Dragan Soleša, Ph.D., who pointed out that this event is of great importance for FIMEK, since new generations of bachelors and masters of informatics are educated at FIMEK every year. In his address, prof. Dragan Soleša emphasized that informatics is one of the most important study areas today, which offers good job prospects and a bright future for the young in Serbia. Prof. Dragan Soleša also emphasized the importance of informatization in schools, as well as motivating young people to continue to work on themselves and their education.

The author of the project and President of the Center for Development and Application of Science, Technology and Informatics, Prof. Slobodan Popov, Ph.D. talked about the significance and results of the project "Days of Informatics in Schools of Vojvodina". President of the Selection Committee, Ms. Jasmina Pastonjicki, emphasized that this year the Selection Committee received more applications than any previous year, and that she and her colleagues had an extremely difficult task.

Numerous schools, teachers and students have thus received awards for outstanding results achieved in different categories (school website, greatest number of articles sent, work with interactive boards, implementation of professional development, development of educational software, the field of robotics, information technology, innovations, etc.). The most prestigious award, "Professor Stjepan Han” and a valuable prize went to the elementary school "Miloš Crnjanski" from Srpski Itebej". “We participated in this project for the first time and didn’t know what to expect, but we did have a lot of materials to show and take part in this contest… For example, we have an interactive classroom at our school and we also have an interactive board that we can move from one classroom to another, there are also digital cabinets, a separate department devoted to information technology, as well as knowledgeable and creative teachers who want to work. We are also proud of several successful trainings that we conducted in this field." - said the school’s Assistant Principal Jasmina Filep from elementary school "Miloš Crnjanski", which has about 350 pupils. "Starting from the fifth grade we begin with a general, introductory course on computers. We introduce the basics about computers to students and even though they think they know everything, we direct their attention to the safety of presence and work in the virtual world. Then we continue with the most important things, teaching them programming and developing logical thinking with students”, said Ms. Filep.

After the award ceremony, a cocktail party was organized for all attendees, followed by the demonstration of awarded projects.