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 […]
27 January 2015
General strike of teachers still lasts, and members of SONK do not participate in external testing, says Jakim Nedelkov, President of SONK. – There is a strike throughout Macedonia. We go to work, but do not performing work duties. Colleagues who are also members of SONK are on strike and they will not participate in […]
27 January 2015
System of evaluation of teachers based on penalties will never create loyal representatives and will a way to circumvent it will be always sought for. Such a system is not objective and there is a possibility for subjective evaluation of teachers, said Martin Romer, president of the European Trade Union of Education regarding the general […]
27 January 2015
Substitute teachers who have not been selected on a teachers’ council carry out external testing in part of the schools in Bitola, blames regional office of SONK. Directors of several schools in the city, having realized that teachers selected on the teachers’ councils to carry out the external testing are on strike, immediately found other […]
26 January 2015
Today began the external testing of students in the third and fourth year of secondary school. Because of the strike of SONK, which lasts nearly a week, the external testing is not conducted in some schools, while it is conducted by the substitute teachers in others. – In high schools “Zef Ljush Marku” and “Arseni […]
25 January 2015
Trade Union of gymnasium “Orce Nikolov” from Skopje came out with an open letter to the public for the strike of SONK, saying that 42 teachers from the gymnasium will continue the strike. “This strike is our appeal to raise the awareness of teachers that have a personal and moral responsibility to express solidarity and […]
23 January 2015
The strike of teachers continues until our demands are met, despite the huge pressure and threats, emphasized the leader of SONK Jakim Nedelkov, who added that striking teachers won’t carry out the external testing for students in the fourth year scheduled for Monday. – There is an undergoing unprecedented campaign to show that the strike […]
20 January 2015
Today began the second semester for about 280,000 elementary and high school students after three-week winter break. SONK announced strike due to the unsuccessful negotiations with the Ministry of Education and Science. The strike was supposed to be with the presence on the jobs, but without carrying out the assignments. On the tour we did […]
15 January 2015
After the announcement of the Union of Education, Science and Culture (SONK) for strike of teachers, today appeared “counter-SONK”, group of teachers, union members who demand the scheduled strike to be canceled. They believe that the demands of SONK are unrealistic and say they have no confidence in the current chairman Jakim Nedelkov. – If […]
10 January 2015
Union of Education, Science and Culture (SONK) announced that, after the winter break, 30,000 professors from Macedonia will begin strike. As television “Telma” reports, professors will go to work, but will not teach. During negotiations with the relevant ministries, SONK demanded salaries of employees in schools, kindergartens and cultural institutions to be increased, the sanctions […]
23 December 2014
SONK will activate the decision for general strike in education and culture if concrete solutions are not found until the end of this calendar year, said President Jakim Nedelkov at today’s press conference. – From 1st to 18th of January, when the students are on their winter break, in the first week, the Council of […]
