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Record number of high school grade repeaters this school year in North Macedonia

In the 2020/2021 school year, 118 high school students in North Macedonia were retained, but during the 2021/2022 school year the number of the grade repeaters rose to 261. Why do these students fail and what this rise in grade retention can be attributed to? Are the professors too stern when giving the marks or the pupils are not...

University students confused by Government of North Macedonia’s recommendation about teaching with physical presence

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Government of North Macedonia's recommendation that the teaching activities at the faculties of the universities in the country should continue with a physical presence, dazed both the universities and the students. Most of the higher education institutions that have implemented a combined teaching model in the past two years will continue with it until the end of the current...

First 2 months with new elementary education concept in North Macedonia – are there results and what has to be changed?

Exactly two months have passed since the education authorities of North Macedonia have implemented the new Concept for the elementary education, which was heralded as the basis for the education reforms. The novelties planned in the document should improve the situation and follow the contemporary tendencies in education. After the system had underwent many changes in the past, with...

The young should go into education for green jobs, qualified personnel lacking in all industries

The energy efficiency, the renewable sources of energy, the construction engineering, the agriculture, the waste treatment and the natural resources conservation are some of the areas that in the last few years have been creating a large number of green jobs. The concepts of sustainability and the circular economy are becoming part of almost every aspect of the everyday...

Dr. Panovski: The school year should start with blend model, both online and with physical attendance

It's a risk to start the new school year with physical attendance since there are a lot of people who weren't vaccinated, said Dr. Nikola Panovski. He considers that if a more serious issue happens to one child chaos will ensue in North Macedonia since the situation is very sensitive. According to him, a blended education process will have...

Arab content creators use social media to talk about sex, sexuality and reproductive health

This story by Mira Nabulsi originally appeared on Global Voices on 9th of August 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.   In recent years, as sex education curriculums remain unattainable in most Arab countries, several Arab women have taken on the task of providing alternatives, offering sex-related information via social media to an increasingly curious youth. As of now, Tunisia remains...

Young people in North Macedonia hit hardest by the pandemic, 37% have incomes below the minimum wage

During the coronavirus crisis, the Government of North Macedonia brought out umbrella policies i.e. an effort to encompass as much people as possible instead of targeted measures for specific groups that were under biggest pressure from the crisis, which would have protected them the  best, stressed Blažen Maleski from the "Reactor - Research in Action" think-tank, during the presentation...

Government of North Macedonia adopts Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023

The Government of North Macedonia adopted a three-year strategy - the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) 2021-2023 that consists of a mid-term macroeconomic and fiscal framework, as well as the guidelines for the structural reforms that should be implemented and which were determined through a dialogue with the European Commission. The Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023, written under the coordination of the...

The pandemic imposed unprecedented changes in education, high school students demanded decision-making role

This time last year, no one in the world and in North Macedonia, as well, could anticipate that the education will be facing one of the biggest challenges so far. With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, last year's March was the key point when things began to change. The schools, kindergartens, and even the colleges were all closed....

From attending classes on a pedal boat to playing video games during classes – the misuses of the online teaching?

The new school year in North Macedonia started on the 1st of October with a distance learning based on the national platform schools.mk where the pupils are able to see and hear the lectures of their teachers and professors. But, this way of teaching also posed new challenges both for the students and the teachers, and the whole educational...

The schools.mk platform can work on almost all computers, mobile phones or tablets purchased in the last 3 years

Awaiting the start of the new school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the parents of pupils in North Macedonia have purchased a new computer or a laptop, instead of buying notebooks, pencils and many other school materials. They acted on the recommendations from the Ministry of Education and Science about the necessary minimal configuration (processing power and...

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...

After the protest of the high school students, Minister Carovska offers a combined teaching model

After yesterday's protest by high school students against an overall online teaching model, the students have met with the new Minister for Education and Science, Mila Carovska, who during the two meetings with the students and their parents offered a combined teachingmodel. "It is of the highest priority to start the school year on the 1st of October and the...

Secondary education in North Macedonia didn’t provide conditions for quality distant learning

In 64% of the cases, the digital tools were used either rarely (once in two weeks or once a month) or not at all in the regular teaching process, and 51% of the students were never trained by their teachers how to use digital tools for the needs in the learning process. These are some of the findings of...

Macedonian Education Minister: Financial support for the young, the teachers should evaluate as if in the classroom

As part of the third set of economic measures, the Government plans direct support for young people, with three types of vouchers for secondary school and college students and for people younger than 29 years, said the Education Minister Arber Ademi during a press conference. This measure is expected to help the young people to easily adapt to the...

Atanasov: Prime Minister, you know best why we did not realize any changes in education!

Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Petar Atanasov, wrote a Facebook status saying that he was resigning from office, addressing the general public and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. The reason for his decision, he wrote, is the Government's inability to implement the promises that were made. He also says that "the revolution has started to eat its own children". "In the...

61% of children aged 3-6 do not attend kindergarten

A new global report by UNICEF points out that 176 million pre-school age children do not attend pre-schools and calls on governments around the world to increase their investment to secure the best start for each child. In our country, almost 41,000 children - approximately 61 percent of pre-school children (3 to 6 years old) - do not participate...

Record number of PhDs in social science in 2018

A record number of 243 persons have graduated in the social science PhD programs in the previous year which represent an increase of 16.3% compared to 2017. The largest number of PhDs come from the area of social sciences with 34,9%, and is followed by medical sciences, 28.8%, humanistic sciences with 18.5% and the remaining are persons that have...

Activists are calling out to the parents to boycott the classes due to the enormous pollution

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...

EU will provide 37,5 million of euros for employment, education and social policies

The EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, promoted the campaign "We Believe In You, We Invest In You, EU for You" with which the European Union will provide 37, 5 million of euros for improving the situation in three sectors: employment, education and social inclusion, which will be financed from the IPA operative program...