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Belgrade, April 27. 2010 (Serbia Today) - The decision of the Ministry of Education to update the law on higher education so that the judges, prosecutors, doctors and educators in the future can be educated only in the state schools facing different reactions among the rectors of private universities. Ministry, namely, prepared a proposal for amending the Law on Higher Education in which the right to education of the judiciary, medical practitioners and teachers exclusively belongs to educational institutions established by the state. The proposal, if approved by the government, would have to pass ratification by the Parliament. Mica Jovanovic, the owner and the rector of the university "Megatrend", said for "Blic" that this is a shocking bad proposal to amend the law. This proposal changes the law and destroys the previous efforts to make equal the rights of state and private universities. It is totally foolish idea that the judiciary, medics and educator must educate only in the national universities. This idea destroys the students rights to the proper selection and opens the door to manipulations. – said Dr. Jovanovic. In his opinion, this is the best way to distroy private higher education institutions in the Serbian education system. Responsibility for this lies with the Ministry of Education. - added Rector Jovanovic. On the other hand, Dr. Milovan Stanisic, rector of the "Singidunum" university, believes that states should have exclusivity in training teachers in primary and secondary schools for pedagogical and psychological subjects, because they propagate the system value that is of importance for the country as a whole. All other teachers, however, may have degrees of private educational institutions.