Tag: parents

Research conducted by the Foundation for Internet and Society Metamorphosis, titled as "Conditions and challenges in the implementation of the online teaching process in elementary schools" shows that the teachers and students in North Macedonia face heavy challenges for the upcoming 2020/2021 school year. The situation with technical aids, most of all laptops and computers that are necessary for...

The pandemic imposed new rules to which we will have to adjust to. This requires the protection of public health, but also learning at the same time. We offered a combined teaching system and in order to make it successful we are working on an online platform that will be presented soon, said new North Macedonia's Minister for Education...

"Support for online teaching in the 2020/2021 school year" is the name of a Facebook Group which counts 3.500 members from North Macedonia, and these days, when stil there are many unknowns about the start of the new academic year, the commentaries are reaching the fever pitch. Many parents announced they won't let their children attend school as, in...

The measles epidemic is showing no sign of stopping. The number of people with measles symptoms are being examined and hospitalized on a daily basis in clinics, and the most complicated cases are being directed to the Clinic for Infectious Diseases. Today, this infectious disease claimed its third victim, a 13-month-old baby, within just a few days. "The disease can only...

The activists fighting for clean air and a healthy environment have called out the parents to boycott the classes on the 20th of December (Wednesday) due to the enormous pollution. On the "Boycott the Classes'" Facebook page they state that none of the protests have ever contributed to solving the problem with the solution and therefore the ways of...

The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) says that they have not sent any letter to the director of the Primary School "Bratstvo i Edinstvo" in Ohrid, saying that pupils (schoolgirls) wearing headscarves cannot attend classes, for which the Ombudsman today has condemned this procedure by the MES. Therefore, they find that their letter has been misinterpreted. "A parent of two...