The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, visited today the Municipality of Novo Selo and attended the cultural sporting event "Traditional Sports Games - Sports Bon-Ton". During the visit, President Ivanov and his wife, Ms. Maja Ivanova, in the wake of November 20, Universal Children's Day, visited the POU "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", a school for children with special educational needs.

"With this Bon Ton campaign, we intend children to learn the traditional games that were practiced by their parents, their ancestors, and to enable, as much as possible, mutual communication and socializing, because modern life brings challenges and children are more and more closed and uncommunicative. Through these traditional games, children get to know each other better, which is obviously pleasant for them, President Ivanov said.

Ahead of tomorrow's Universal Children's Day, along with my wife, the UNICEF Representative, and representatives of the local authorities, we have visited the school for children with special needs, to see what they are faced with, because we know that modern life brings challenges that require a completely different approach," President Ivanov said, adding that they had the opportunity to hear the findings and conclusions of the teachers and educators. The conclusions, as the Macedonian President said, will be submitted to the competent institutions in order to pay greater attention to these children.

The Coordinator of the Sports Bon Ton project, Ivan Anastasovski, said that research has been conducted for the purpose of integrating children with special needs with the children who are already involved in the project Sports Bon-Ton. -This will ensure that we can offer adaptable physical education program for children with disabilities, a program that would be later included in the regular primary education in the Republic of Macedonia," Ivan Anastasovski said.

The Mayor of Novo Selo, Blazo Velkov, expressed satisfaction that today his municipality hosted a sporting cultural event, thanking for the presence of President Ivanov, Ms. Maja Ivanova and the UNICEF representatives, who, in the wake of November 20, Universal Children's Day, closely acquainted with the challenges faced by the students from the primary school "Sv. Kliment Ohridski".