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High school students marched against external testing

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High school students from several schools in Skopje, through march, asked external testing to be stopped and mathematics not to be a mandatory subject on the state graduation. “High school plenum” began its march at City Park, and by shouting “No for math”, and “We are the future”, high school students marched to the Ministry of Education and Science, where they ended the protest.

– Our presence here shows that we are not a bunch that can be ignored and manipulated. It shows that we are brave, strong and united, it shows that we are powerful. It shows that we are not afraid of you, it saying “no” to your bad education reforms – said high school student Evgenija Janakieska in front of MES.

At the first march of “High school plenum”, high school students said they expect answers to their requests to MES and the Bureau for Development of Education. MES previously rejected the request of high school students mathematics not to be a mandatory subject to the state graduation.

– First we submitted request math not to be a mandatory subject to state graduation and the request was denied. Last week we submitted a request the external testing to put on hold, but we still have not received an answer. External testing for several years does not give a positive result and myriad objections were submitted. Also, there are several stages of the assessment of students and external testing goes only through the stage of memory. This is the first march of “High school plenum” and we expect a response from MES and the Bureau for Development of Education. If you do not provide an answer, we, as a plenum, will discuss and decide what is best to do next. We didn’t gathered here due to some unknown reasons, we repeatedly expressed that such reforms have been fruitless. If we want to have a developed society, we need to invest in education and in the beginning, not the end – says high school student Monika Pesheska from high school “Rade Jovchevik-Korchagin”.

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