31 March 2016
External testing of students this year was moved a few days later, however it is not because of the elections, the Ministry of Education told “Meta” unofficially, in response to what teachers and parents believe is the reason why the school year has been extended. “This does not mean that the school year will be […]
21 October 2015
Secondary school students today gathered at the City Park in Skopje in protest under the slogan “The struggle continues”. The “High School plenum” say their demands remain the same, ie the abolition of external testing and state graduation to remain the same for high school students already enrolled and as for new students a […]
30 April 2015
“High school plenum” and the Government didn’t reach an agreement even after the third meeting. The government says it is willing to restore the old concept of graduation and mathematics not to be a compulsory subject, but they won’t make concession to the external testing. High school students say they do not agree with this […]
27 April 2015
The meeting between representatives of the “High School plenum” and Minister of Education and Science Abdilakim Ademi, his deputy Spiro Ristovski and Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Vladimir Peshevski ended without compromise, but with an agreement negotiations and meetings between the concerned parties to continue. Meanwhile, the boycott of classes will continue, and high […]
1 April 2015
High school students gathered today for the second time on a protest march against poor education reforms. By shouting “Last warning”, “Enough silence,” “No to math”, they began the march in front of the Assembly and headed to the Government and the Ministry of Education and Science, where they showed a yellow card to the […]
31 March 2015
Mathematics won’t be obligatory in passing state graduation for all students in secondary schools, but only for students who are enrolled in gymnasium and who selected natural and mathematical sciences at the end of the second or beginning of the third year of secondary education. This was agreed today between Union of high school students […]
22 March 2015
Teachers and professors from several primary and secondary schools in Macedonia today protested in front of the Ministry of Education and Science against the new educational reforms. During the protest, the teachers and professors expressed their dissatisfaction and asked to be invited to the debate on the new amendments. They, also, asked MES to stop […]
16 March 2015
The multi-ethnic education trade union (MESO) believes that the leadership of SONK made a mistake by breaking the strike and thus preventing the resolution of many issues in education. MESO assessed results of the negotiations between the Ministry of Education and Science and SONK about rewarding and penalizing teachers based on the results of external […]
9 March 2015
With the project “Computer for Every Child”, primary and secondary school next year will get “tablet computers for every child,” informed Deputy Minister of Education and Science Spiro Ristovski. “Computer for every child” went with a lot of controversy and doubts on the procurement of equipment, and to this day, it is not exactly known […]
20 February 2015
Yesterday’s meeting of the “Student plenum” and UKIM with representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science was not of decisive character and the only agreement that was reached was to hold another meeting in the next few days. Meanwhile, students will continue the occupation of the faculties. – The meeting wasn’t of decisive character. […]
19 February 2015
A working group composed of representatives of the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” (UKIM), including “Student plenum” and “Professorial plenum”, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), will analyze the situation in the next 30 days, which should then result in a new Law on Higher Education, is the conclusion […]
19 February 2015
“Student plenum” will be represented at the meeting between the working groups of the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) and the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius “, which will be held at the Rector’s Office of UKIM in 4 pm today. Representatives of “Student plenum” will be Ivana Tufegdzhik and Stefan Vidikov. Besides students, […]
13 February 2015
Ministry of Education and Science informs that plans for compensating for missed classes of the schools in the country, where there was a boycott of classes in the past period, are not yet approved. “It applies to plans prepared and submitted by the schools from the Municipality of Kumanovo where the decision to hold classes […]
2 February 2015
Ministry of Education and Science accepted the proposal of the Senate of the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” for comprehensive, professional and thorough analysis of the proposals that will result with proposals for reforms and improvements in higher education. MES proposed the meeting with representatives of UKIM to be held on 10th of February. “Considering […]
28 January 2015
The strike of teachers, which began last Tuesday, is still ongoing, but after the visit of the President of the European Trade Union of Education, Martin Romer, an agreement between SONK and the competent ministries is probable. Romer yesterday repeatedly stressed that a dialogue must be established. – I fully support the strike of SONK […]
