Kosta Trifković Primary School opened its gates for students 51 years ago. For more than half a century of its existence, our school has built an enviable reputation and is recognized as one of the leading schools in our region. The school provides very good facilities for learning, sports, structured and unstructured play and socializing. The quality of education in our school and the results our students have achieved have been recognized with numerous awards. We are particularly proud of Dr Đorđe Natošević Prize awarded by the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Svetosavska Prize awarded by the Novi Sad School Board for the results achieved in the field of education. The school is cultivating the climate of universal tolerance and multiculturality, respect for diversity and individuality. It is just successfully finished the Erazmus + mobility project called Internationalization of the School Through Interculturalism. Our school has been an active participant in the UNICEF School Without Violence program since its very launch. Special attention is paid to working with students with special educational needs and students from vulnerable minority groups. We develop empathy in students for all those in need of help. We often participate in various humanitarian campaigns, which is the reason why we have been awarded the Golden Plaque of the Red Cross of the city of Novi Sad. The successes of our students in numerous competitions in various subjects, among other things, testify of the successful educational and pedagogical work of our school. According to the results achieved by our students, we are always among the best schools in the country. The school is also highly ranked by or students’ results of the final exam. The largest number of our students manage to enrol the high school of their choice and they continue their education being equally successful as they were in primary school.
The school is located not far from the city center, which enables its direct cooperation with cultural and sports institutions, schools, faculties and other organizations. Such a good location of the school allows teachers to use the potentials of the above mentioned institutions for a more successful organization and performance of educational work. A large number of our students take part in extracurricular activities. They participate in numerous projects at school, at the local community level, at national and international level. The school takes part in numerous events; it organizes educational events for its students which gives them the opportunity to stimulate their interests and develop their skills. Furthermore, our school is involved in international cooperation with Via del RugantinoSchool (Rome, Italy), Serbian Gymnasium (Budapest, Hungary), Borcev za severno mejo Primary School (Maribor, Slovenia). We strive to follow the European trends in education by cooperating with schools from other countries and by participating in international projects. We encourage continuous education of our teachers and professional associates in order to introduce innovations in our teaching and extracurricular activities. Our school took part in the RazvionicaProject (Support Human Capital Development and Research Project) and therefore, a large number of students from the teaching faculties of the University of Novi Sad do their teaching training with the mentors from our school. There is a very good cooperation between our school and parents, as well as between the school and the local community.