The application of recent amendments to the Law on Higher Education, including the implementation of the state exam, will be postponed for a year, announced the Government.
“At the meeting, both sides expressed their willingness to delay the implementation of the recent amendments to the Law on Higher Education for a year, including the postponement of the implementation of the state exam for one year and the implementation of the obligation to publish scientific papers in journals with impact factor for two years. Meanwhile, it was agreed the discussion at the level of working groups of the two parties to continue in the following period, in order to improve the package of laws to reform higher education, i.e. to pass a new law on higher education,” reads the statement from the Government.
They say that the Government expresses openness and readiness through a wider transparent and inclusive process, along with the relevant parties, to jointly work on building a quality higher education system.
