26 August 2021
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 […]
10 August 2021
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 […]
25 March 2021
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” […]
26 January 2021
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 […]
5 January 2021
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 […]
20 October 2020
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, […]
28 September 2020
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 […]
2 September 2020
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 […]
1 September 2020
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 […]
31 July 2020
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 […]
20 May 2020
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 […]
24 June 2019
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 […]
10 April 2019
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) […]
26 March 2019
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 […]
14 December 2017
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 […]
21 November 2017
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 […]
20 July 2017
The state institutions debt was 363 million euros on May 31st, this year, Minister of Finance Dragan Tevdovski informs today. He added that the review of unpaid liabilities was made on a data basis that budget users, funds, public enterprises and municipalities have presented to the Ministry, and therefore, and now, their credibility can not […]
5 June 2016
The beginning of state exams for graduation began with no problems, the first exams were in Macedonian language and literature, Albanian language and literature and Turkish language and literature, all compulsory subjects, and went smoothly. The state examination centre stated that the material for the exams had been given to students on time, and in accordance […]
16 December 2015
Due to of the extreme level of air pollution, the Municipality of Tetovo has decided to stop teaching in nurseries, primary and secondary schools. This decision was made after a meeting with the management of educational institutions. Education will be stopped until the end of the first half term. This decision was made after students […]
1 September 2015
A Several hundred high school students gathered on the first day of school in front of the Ministry of Education and Science, and in the Park of journalists to discuss their future plans and strategies in the fight against poor education reforms. The “Secondary Plenum” say they planned their activities through the summer and are […]
