Serbian Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic on Thursday accused the Albanian national minority’s representative body of obstructing efforts to secure textbooks for Albanian school children.

Minister of Education in the Government of Serbia, Mladen Sarcevic, was kept for an hour and a half during the crossing of the administrative line Jarinje, when entering Kosovo, where he visited University of Pristina, relocated to Mitrovica North.

According to Sarcevic, although they have duly announced the delegation and received a notice that everything is fine, they were kept at Jarinje crossing for an hour and a half.

On Saturday in North Mitrovica Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić and Metohija and Minister of Education Mladen Šarčević met with the directors of preschool, primary and secondary educational institutions in Kosovo. In the meeting they have discussed the reform of the Law on Education, curriculums and the support to the educational institutions in Kosovo, reported TV Most.

Kosovo police have prevented Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic and Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric from entering Kosovo.

They were stopped on Monday at Jarinje - an administrative crossing between Kosovo and central Serbia.

Tanjug is reporting that Sarcevic and Djuric were on their way to Kosovska Mitorivca, where they were to open a student health-care institution at the Student Center.

Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Mladen Šarčević in Gračanica wished the pupils, in the system of the Republic of Serbia, a happy beginning of the school year. On that occasion he said that the Serbian education would survive and thrive in the southern province.

The Minister stressed that he intends to often stay in Kosovo and announced that soon would be initiated the formation of the fund, which will aim to improve the working conditions of school children in Kosovo.