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“Student plenum”: We agreed to agree, the occupation continues
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. We clarified our key requirement,...
Members of the plenum from Bitola were left without power in the autonomous zone last night
Members of the plenum from Bitola, who yesterday declared autonomous area of Technical Faculty, spent last night at minus 10 degrees Celsius. Twenty-five students, male and female, slept in cold rooms only on polystyrene and sleeping bags. Moreover, the fuses were constantly bursting, so it was impossible to turn on heaters. There are only two rooms, one of which...
Students of the technical faculties boycott classes
Students of the technical faculties boycotted classes one day before the seventh plenum, called "Autonomous Zone", on which the occupation of the universities should be discussed. The official Facebook page of "Student plenum" stands a statement to boycott the technical faculties.
"The boycott of technical faculties is successful! Come on, members of the plenum, the battle for better higher education...
“Student plenum”: Prime Minister relented, but we are not naive
After long hours of debate and healthy discussion after today’s meeting in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, members of the plenum are united in their view that their obvious arguments persuaded Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the absurdity of his law. Today he relented, but members of the plenum are not naive, say representatives of "Student plenum".
"The...
Students and professors: Will take actions, but are waiting for Ivanov to react
Professorial and student plenums still don’t plan taking any concrete steps after the MPs yesterday passed the Law on higher education. Representatives of both plenums say that they don’t intend to give up the demand for withdrawal of the disputed law, but they still don’t know what their next steps would be.
Zhaneta Trajkovska from “Professorial plenum” says they now...
“Student plenum”: We won’t subside and won’t give up
“Student plenum” responded to the adoption of the Law on higher education. On their Facebook page, they wrote that the autonomy of universities and the idea that students are part of this society are buried this way.
“University is for the students, it exists and develops for them. You just passed a law that doesn’t only bury the autonomy and...
Judicial chain: It is as solid as the weakest link
The governments of Montenegro and the Netherlands organized a two-day regional conference on 11th and 12th of December in Budva (Montenegro) on the topic cooperation in the judicial chain. The conference was attended by all potential EU member states from the Western Balkans with delegates from various institutions that are part of the so-called judicial chain.
The conference aimed to...
Plenum representatives requested veto, Ivanov appealed for unity and dialogue
When deciding whether to sign the bill on higher education, President Gjorgje Ivanov will perform as a statesman, not a teacher. He communicated this to the representatives of the professorial and the student plenum at today’s meeting, on which they asked him to veto the amendments.
At the meeting with Ivanov, which lasted one hour and twenty minutes, there were...
University professors wrote an open letter to MPs
Professors wrote an open letter to MPs. In the letter, the professors urge MPs to stop further proceedings and to hear them out before making a decision that could cost the whole society dearly. We are publishing part of the letter, and you can find the whole letter at “Fakulteti.mk”.
“Respected MPs, soon before you will be placed bills that...
Students and professors plenum will have an open session in front of the Parliament
Tomorrow at 11 am, in front of the Assembly, “Student plenum” and “Professorial plenum” will organize an open session. Issues of organizing mass demonstrations because of the revolt, as well as the manner of organized resistance to the proposed changes in the Law on higher education, will be discussed at the joint session.
The event is announced on the social...
Professors demand to attend the hearing for the Law on education
A group of professors sent a request to the Committee on Education, Science and Sports and the Speaker of the Assembly demanding permission for representatives from the academic community and representatives of “Student plenum” to attend the session of the Commission.
The demand was posted on Facebook by Professor Biljana Vankovska and it is backed up by the same group...
Absurd: Universities will debate on already passed laws
Despite protests, anger and disapproval of most of the students and professors, the negative opinion of domestic and foreign experts, on 29th of December, MPs will vote on the package of measures in education. In today’s issue of the daily newspaper “Nova Makedonija”, commercial advertisement of 110 professors who signed an address in which they inform the Government was...
Students supported by reputable university professors
Several professors from world renowned universities wrote a letter to the students of informal student organization “Student plenum” as a support of the student protests against the introduction of a state exam.
“When the institutions of higher education have become subject to state control, the critical thinking is a hostage to the dictates of those in power. A society cannot...
“Student’s plenum”: New protests, as well as boycott of classes are possible
The possibility of new protests, as well as boycott of classes is not excluded if the Government continues with the same attitude to introduce state exam at the faculties, pointed out representatives of “Student's plenum” at a press conference today. Students are appalled by the ignorance of the Government and say they would ask the head of state Gjorgje...
Government surprises everyone: Faculties and students still have no opinion!
Student plenum of Bitola University (UKLO) today submitted demands and legal arguments against the state exam to the Rector of the university. In the demands, students wrote that the Student Parliament should be canceled because it doesn’t represent students’ rights and because its structure can be easily pressured. Regarding the concept of the state exam, students from Bitola say...
Harsh first reactions: New government measures in education are humiliating
Professors harshly reacted to the new draft legal decisions the Government brought at the session yesterday. They say that, with the new measures, the Government only demeans the academic community and the people must go out and rebel because they lead to the selling out of the country.
Professor Ljubomir Cuculovski says that he expected these changes, especially because universities...
Police interrogated the boy who recorded the student’s protest with a drone
On its Twitter account, Student's Plenum announced that the police apprehended the boy who recorded the student protest of aerial perspective with a drone. The following information is that the boy was released, while the footages and the drone remained in the police. MOI confirmed this information for META.
Дечкoтo сo дрoнoт е приведен вo стaницa Кaрпoш. Притисoкoт прoдoлжувa нo...
Student’s march: Rushed reforms result with “blind” students!
Students submitted a letter with demands to the Government at the end of the second student march organized by the informal student organization “Student Plenum”. Despite the pressure, the march was massive, with twice more people than the first march that took place on 17th of November.
- The main argument in the letter is that the proposal is contrary...
Ristovski: Meeting with students after they have a concrete proposal
Minister of Education and Science, Abdilakim Ademi, will meet with the informal organization “Student plenum” once it has a concrete proposal for the external testing, reports “24 Vesti”.
- In the forthcoming period, the Ministry of Education and Science will submit the first draft text of these laws for us, as a resource ministry, to get permission from the Government....
