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Renewed threats of attack at German schools, radio station
There have been renewed threats at several German schools and radio stations, following a series of bomb threats that targeted at least seven schools and public broadcaster ZDF on Monday, publishes the news agency dpa.
A secondary school in the southern state of Bavaria was evacuated after it received a second bomb threat on Tuesday morning.
Police spoke of a threat...
North Macedonia: Still no new law on the digital textbooks, pupils forced to use print copies only
There is not a bit of progress about the process of digitalization of the education in North Macedonia. The pupils will still study the traditional way, from print textbooks. Of course, the other option is available - if they choose so, they can study from whatever e-books are available. Even though it promised, the Ministry of Education and Science...
North Macedonia: Low salaries deter young students from choosing teaching careers
The low salaries and the sizable administrative work in the education, but also the disrespect toward the teaching profession, is the reason that fewer and fewer prospective students in North Macedonia are choosing university studies in mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology. There are elementary and secondary schools that are facing a lack of computer science teachers, so they often...
13 more schools were given approval for organizing classes with physical attendance
During yesterday's session, the Government adopted the Report of the Commission for Analysis of Submitted Requests by the School’s Founders for Organizing Classes with Physical Attendance, that were submitted during the period between the 5th and 6th of October 2020, informed the Government's press service.
According to the report, the Commission has analyzed a total of 39 requests by elementary...
MoES: 42 students and 65 teachers infected with COVID-19, part of them attended lectures
Since the start of the school year, a total of 42 COVID-19 cases have been registered among the students and 65 among the teachers. Out of them, 29 are pupils from elementary school and 13 are high school students, while 47 of the teachers are elementary school teachers and 18 are of them are high school teachers, informed the...
In just five days of the school year, 53 students and 8 teachers ended up in isolation
From the beginning of the school year a total of 53 students and 8 teachers in North Macedonia ended up in isolation, and in all the schools where new cases of COVID-19 were registered, there is due dilligence in the physical aspect of the teaching process, the Ministry of Education and Science of North Macedonia reports.
"Six out of total...
Pupils in North Macedonia can have an extended stay at schools but without mixing of grades
The grades that will start with lectures with physical attendance i.e. pupils from the same grade will be able to have an extended stay at school without mixing the cgrade. This decision was adopted by the Government during yesterday's session.
The Commission for Analysis of Submitted Requests by the School’s Founders for Organizing Classes with Physical Attendance, out of 225...
North Macedonia’s Government with a decision for re-opening of the kindergartens on 9th of September
The government of North of Macedonia in the meeting yesterday adopted the Information on the re-opening of the institutions for care and education of children – kindergartens/Early child development centres, which is planned for 9th of September, the Government's Press Office informs. In the next period, the kindergartens around the country will have to prepare for work.
"The government recommends...
The schools will have to provide school materials to pupils who have no computers
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...
The parents demand online teaching, Ministry of Education adamant – students will attend school from September
"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...
New coronavirus wave is expected during autumn, part of the student dormitories could become hospitals
In the past 10 days, the COVID-19 crisis escalated again throughout the Balkans. In the past seven days in Serbia, there were 300 cases daily, in Bulgaria 150, Bosnia and Hercegovina 170, Montenegro 57, Albania 70, and in Kosovo 100 cases per day. WHO has said that 60% of the cases out of the 10 million patients were registered...
Teams from 39 schools qualified for the final of FITD’s challenge
Students from 39 primary and secondary schools entered the final selection in the public call "A Challenge for Young Explorers 3" by Fund for Innovations and Technology Development (FITD) that is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science. They say that the process of exploration should be based upon a "scientific method" i.e. to include...
Inspectorate: There are no computers or equipment, so there are no IT classes in schools
Due to the non-functional class of information technology, teachers are unable to realize (Information and Communications Technology) in their teaching. This was stated in the latest report by education inspectors, who also recommended that schools find a way to solve the issue of greater use of computers in lessons.
Since schools do not have the ability to buy computer devices...
Measles may delay the start of the second school term
The Ministry of Education and Science is following the situation regarding the measles epidemic, in coordination with the ministries of health, labour and social policy, as well as on the basis of the situation on the ground. We will decide on a possible delay in the second half, which as a rule should start on January 21, said Minister...
There weren’t any organized religion-related activities in the schools states the Inspectorate of Education
The State Inspectorate of Education has determined that there weren't any organized religion-related activities at the elementary schools during the processions that celebrated the Yule Log where a number of children participated.
The inspections were upon the request of the Ministry of Education and Science in order to determine any violations of the rules of secularism when organizing the...
MON will inspect whether there is religious organization and action in schools
The principle of secularism should be respected in schools, and in order to clear any doubts about the violation of the legal units in the field of education, the Ministry of Education and Science will tomorrow request the State Education Inspectorate to examine all the incidents for eventual religious organization and action with in the schools, stated the Ministry...
Ombudsman: Attempts to politically involve students must stop
Today, in a statement the Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia, expressed serious concern regarding attempts to involve children in protests which are being organized in cities across the country.
The Ombudsman also condemns the management’s approach in schools and calls on the school committees, Mayors, the State School Inspectorate and the Ministry of Education immediately, each of them within...
MOF: Agitating young people for partisan purposes must stop
“Students should be left alone to think critically and to express themselves, and every time someone imposes their opinion on them, or intimidates and abuses them, we strongly condemn it. Causing agitation among young people for achieving partisan purposes must stop”, said a statement released by the Youth Education Forum (MOF).
They added that “principals, teachers and parents need to...
Teachers Will Decide Whether Absences are Justified Due to Earthquakes
According to "Meta" sources, in several Skopje municipalities, there is a noticeable absence of pupils.
Whether this absence of students is due to the recent earthquakes is justified or not, it will depend on the opinion of individual teachers as the Ministry of Education has no official position on the absence of students as a result of the earthquakes.
Despite, several attempts...
Panic reduces school attendance while MON awaits instructions from the Crisis Committee
The Ministry of Education’s (MON) official position on why schools have not been closed, despite the fact that most parents have not decided to send their children to school or kindergarten due to the following reasons.
According to “Meta” out in the field, in some of the classes in several municipalities in Skopje, only one-third of children are present at...
