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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...
Government relented, state exam is postponed, students are making decisions
State exam for students will be postponed for a year, while the other amendments to the Law on Higher Education to be postponed for two years.
This was confirmed for META by "Student plenum" after the meeting with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
- At today’s meeting, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski accepted our demands for a moratorium on amendments to the Law...
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...
“Professorial plenum” requests EU to intervene at the Government
“Professorial plenum” sent a letter to European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union, Johannes Hahn, and the head of the EU delegation in the country, Aivo Orav, urging them to state their opinion and to appeal to the Government to withdraw the proposed Law on higher education and...
Second reading of Law on higher education on 8th of January
On 8th of January, one day after Christmas, the members of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Sports will discuss amendments to the Law on higher education during its second reading.
The same committee also scheduled the discussions for the laws on primary and secondary education in the second reading.
MPs adopted the conclusions of the amendments to the Law...
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...
Students and professors demand the Government to back down
Several thousand students, professors and high school students gathered outside the Government of the Republic of Macedonian and demanded the withdrawal of the Law on higher education that provides introduction of state exam at the faculties. Chanting “Enough hiding”, “External testing for the Government”, “Autonomy”, “No justice, no peace” in Macedonian and Albanian, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the...
“Student Plenum”: Do not let Government’s monologue continue
Students from informal student organization “Student Plenum” appeal tomorrow’s protest, which will begin in front of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia at 2 pm, to be peaceful, without incident and without party and national signs. Revolted because the law was adopted at a Government meeting without being called to a public debate, they urge all citizens to...
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 plenum”: Minister, did you hear the voice of 10,000 students?
Students from informal student organization “Student plenum” left after waiting two hours in front of the Ministry of Education, where, behind closed doors, Minister of Education and Science Abdilakim Ademi and Deputy Minister Spiro Ristovski had an official meeting with the deans of pedagogical faculties.
The meeting was moved at the last minute, so, instead of the announced public debate...
“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...
