Petnica [Pet-knee-tza] Science Center is a non-governmental, non-profit and independent educational institution founded to help and suport young people who demonstrate an interest to science beyond school curricula. The Petnica Science Center is an active member of UNESCO's INISTE network. PSC is...
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Petnica [Pet-knee-tza] Science Center is a non-governmental, non-profit and independent educational institution founded to help and suport young people who demonstrate an interest to science beyond school curricula. The Petnica Science Center is an active member of UNESCO's INISTE network. PSC is located in Petnica, a village about 4miles (6 km) SE of Valjevo city, in West Serbia, 60 miles (95 km) SW of Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia.
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Covering near 500 schools, with more than 800 professional scientists and university teachers who spend many days as volunteers by giving lectures or conducting discussions and experiments with about 3,000 the best Yugoslav (and not only Yugoslav) students every year, the PSC represents one of a...
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Covering near 500 schools, with more than 800 professional scientists and university teachers who spend many days as volunteers by giving lectures or conducting discussions and experiments with about 3,000 the best Yugoslav (and not only Yugoslav) students every year, the PSC represents one of a few top world spontaneously generated institutions that push the rigid school system toward new methods and future technology.

With no marks, no rigid discipline, with flexible innovative programs, interactive teaching, modern equipment, with no regional or national limits for the students, open to support students small research projects, with young staff (avg. age is 26) and a thousand of enthusiastic scientists and teachers, the PSC is not only hearth of Yugoslav alternative education, but one of a very few real happy places for young people in impoverished and divided country.
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