County President Željko Kolar, Deputy County President Jasna Petek and the competent director held a reception for students who best passed the state maturation exam in the previous school year. At the reception, outstanding results of students from secondary schools throughout Krapina-Zagora County were highlighted.
Gabriel Binkle from the Oroslavje Secondary School completed the General Gymnasium, and on the state maturation exam he achieved the second best result in Croatia in English. He will continue his education at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Zagreb.
Karla Bosnar and Mia Hanić, both from the General Gymnasium in Zabok, achieved a 100 percent result on the essay in Croatian at the maturation exam. Karla Bosnar enrolled in PMF, the mathematical direction, and Mia Hanić in the Faculty of Law in Zagreb. The same was achieved by Darija Kotarski from the Gymnasium of Antun Gustav Matoš in Zabek, who completed the general direction and enrolled in the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, as well as by Nicol Majdak, a student at the Zabek gymnasium, the general direction.
Grgur Krznar completed the Natural-Mathematical Direction of the Zagor Gymnasium and on maturation from chemistry achieved a 100 percent result. He enrolled in the study of medical biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Zagreb. Luka Negović from the Secondary School in Pregrada, who completed the Natural-Mathematical Gymnasium, achieved 100 percent success on the essay in Croatian and enrolled in PMF - the engineering direction of mathematics. Petra Žnidarčić from the Secondary School in Krapina, who completed the Natural-Mathematical Gymnasium, achieved the best result in the state in geography, and continues her education at FER in Zagreb.
Excellent results were achieved by Vanja Bartl and Dora Novak from the Gymnasium of Antun Gustav Matuš in Zabek and Maja Kvesić from the Secondary School in Krapina. Nicol Majdak said that special thanks were given to teacher Sanda Babnik Lončar, who was greatly responsible for their success. Luka Negović said that he was pleased that the County had recognised their effort and time invested.
Deputy County President Jasna Petek pointed out that the County of Krapina-Zagor has been supporting and rewarding students who have achieved outstanding results in education for years. She recalled that students with the best results on the maturation exam, students who have completed all grades of secondary school with an average of 5.0, and students who have won one of the first three places at the state competitions and exhibitions, as well as their mentors, are rewarded. She said that the county has opted for support, encouragement and motivation of talented, gifted and outstanding young people, of whom there are many in the county.
Petek pointed out that behind such results is the continuous work of students, their teachers and mentors, as well as investment in the education system. She added that these results are the crown of successful and quality work in primary and secondary schools, and that investment in the educational system, professional competence and motivating people working in it is key to young people achieving such results. Petek wished the young people much success in their further education and future professional lives.
The county president said that he was delighted by the meeting with the young people, not only because of their outstanding results, but also because of the maturity, seriousness, creativity and clear vision of the future. He said that they were privileged to have such young people achieving fantastic results at the national level. He added that he was most pleased and motivated by the fact that all were thinking about what they would do after graduating from university. He said that young people see the perspective in Zagor, that they are developing well and that they can find a job that suits their professional qualifications and the degree they will complete. He added that this does not mean that young people will not seek opportunities for further education or training outside Croatia. He said that the opportunity for further education, for example to Cambridge or to work in Ružer, was welcome, but that it was important that each of them knew what they wanted after university and that they wanted to live and work here.
He stressed the importance of their personal arrival and the message they were passing on to other young people. He concluded that the statement that they had 11 young people who had been above average matriculation was one story, and the second was that they had come in person and wanted to share their success with others, and that their success was a motivation for others. He congratulated the students, their teachers and their families.
