Tag: education
Macedonia 23.03.20 | 13:05

Teachers’ union comes out against Zaev’s proposal to place public administration employees on the minimum wage

The SONK teachers’ union called on the Government to reject the proposal from SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to cut the salaries of nearly all public sector employees to the minimum wage – in many cases to half of what they are now earning. Zaev announced the proposal yesterday, saying that...
Macedonia 19.03.20 | 15:03

Online university lectures begin next week

University students in Macedonia will resume their lectures, interrupted by the coronavirus, through online courses, the Education Ministry announced today. Minister Arbr Ademi said that online teaching will begin next week. Schools and universities have been closed for over a week now. There are still...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 09:34

As of today, informal education for pupils and preschoolers on MRT

As of Monday, elementary school pupils and preschoolers will have the opportunity to watch educational content on the three channels of the national broadcaster MRT, derived from the curricula at which they are currently being educated in schools and kindergartens, which are temporarily closed by a government...
Macedonia 13.03.20 | 16:41

Educational TV programs will be used to fill the gap as schools remain closed

The Education Ministry will call on TV stations to begin broadcasting educational programs while schools are closed for two weeks over the coronavirus epidemic. Ministry officials are meeting with UNICEF, the Macedonian Television and civic groups and will prepare a program that would ensure the education...
Macedonia 05.03.20 | 13:14

VMRO-DPMNE pledges to build 20 news schools and rebuild 50 more

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski presented additional elements of his infrastucture and reform program. The program provides for building 20 new schools and reconstruction 50 existing schools, and greatly increasing the salaries of teachers and university professors. Additionally, cultural institutions...
Macedonia 28.02.20 | 13:11

Pendarovski: As a state, we allocate too little funds for education

As a state, we allocate too little funds for education. The percentage per capita in Europe shows that we are at the bottom, President Stevo Pendarovski said on Friday, addressing the presentation of the projects implemented within the student program Innovations in Smart Anything Everywhere INNO SAE...
Macedonia 03.12.19 | 18:34

Macedonian students ranked among the worst in Europe

Macedonian school – children ranked among the worst in math, reading and sciences in Europe in the regular PISA test, and was nearly last in the Balkans – better only than Kosovo. Macedonia was 66th out of the 79 countries ranked by the OECD in reading and comprehension. In math, Macedonian...
News Macedonia 13.11.19 | 17:37

Mickoski: SDSM left a long list of ignored education reforms and undercuts teacher salaries

Following his press conference in which he outlined all the unfulfilled promises the SDSM party made regarding the energy sector, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski today pointed to dozens of reforms SDSM said will initiate in the education sector, but never did. Mickoski presents a long list of...
Macedonia 25.10.19 | 15:41

General strike in education sector as of November 11

On November 11, professors and teachers will go on a general strike. They do not accept the proposed 10 percent increase in salaries in the education sector. The decision was taken at Friday’s session of the Council of the Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture (SONK), said SONK President...
Macedonia 13.09.19 | 13:18

Education Ministry denies report that it has removed the Macedonian anthem from the curriculum

The Education Ministry denied reports, based on their own head of the Education Bureau, that the Macedonian national anthem is being thrown out from the curriculum. Zaev’s Government removes the Macedonian national anthem from he school curriculum The anthem of the Republic of “North”...
Macedonia 03.09.19 | 11:18

Ademi: In the future we will jointly decide on increasing the salaries of teachers

Minister of Education and Science Arbr Ademi believes that in the coming period all parameters and data will be considered in a constructive and rational way and will jointly decide on the future increase of the salaries of teachers. Given my experience and my relations as Minister of Education and Science...
Macedonia 01.09.19 | 11:49

Collapsed walls, ruined toilets – the picture that can be seen after SDSM came to power

The new school year is about to start, and infrastructure projects in education for Zoran Zaev’s government are not a priority at all, VMRO-DPMNE Education Commission accuses. Collapsed walls, ruined toilets, buildings about to collapse is the picture that can be seen after SDSM came to power....
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:34

Press banned from attending a disciplinary procedure against whistleblower Georgi Ilievski

Security at the State education inspection refused to allow the press to enter the building today, to report on a disciplinary procedure against whistleblower Georgi Ilievski. Ilievski invited the press to attend the meeting where he expects to be punished for going public with his revelations of abuse...
« Previous Page

Macedonia News

.