Tag: geography
Macedonia 01.09.23 | 18:43

Major problems with the textbooks that were given to pupils

As many of the elementary school pupils struggle to get textbooks – which has become a chronic problem – parents are reporting major problems with the textbooks that were handed out today. In one of them, a textbook for elementary schools, the rivers Tigris and Euphrates are listed as major...

Macedonia 18.03.21 | 12:17

Geography textbook for second year of high school withdrawn from use

The geography textbook for the second year of high school education has been withdrawn from use, the Ministry of Education and Science informed on Thursday. The commission concluded that the textbook is overloaded with statistical and other data and facts that do not correspond to the didactic-methodological...

Macedonia 16.02.21 | 21:37

The Alliance of Albanians demands the removal of a geography textbook they say is offensive for Albanians

The Alliance of Albanians demands that a 2nd year high school geography textbook is removed because of the comments it contains on Albanians. The book describes the increase in Albanian immigration into Macedonia and the changing demographics, stating that some of the oldest Albanian families in Macedonia...

Macedonia 23.12.20 | 13:21

History, geography and civics teachers to hold the new broad class together

A common conclusion from the Government session, after the presentation of the Draft Concept for Elementary Education in Macedonia, is to conduct an extensive public debate with the active participation of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Bureau for Development of Education, and through...