Tag: online
Economy 10.08.22 | 11:58

Survey shows minors spend more than 5 hours a day online

Thirty two percent of the respondents in the survey carried out by the Agency for Electronic Communications said the minors in their household on average spend more than five hours online. Approximately half of the respondents, or 46.3 percent, know that there is a parental control program that will...

Macedonia 10.01.22 | 16:43

Parents call for online second term in schools

The Support for Online Classes Movement, which started as a Facebook group that now has 15,000 members, demands that the second term of the 2021/22 school year be held online. We are not capable to have a combined, we are not capable to have even in-person classes, because children in a classroom of...

Macedonia 17.09.21 | 16:51

Association of teachers asks for shorter classes, more online teaching

An association of teachers is asking that classes are cut from 45 to 30 minutes, to better protect the teachers. The Teachers’ Plenum also asks that classes larger than 15 pupils are automatically allowed to go into a combined model of in-person teaching and online teaching. The Education Ministry,...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 12:37

Carovska: Online enrollment of first grade students as of September

As of September, enrollment in primary education will be in digital form and that is something we have been working on in the past period, said Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska at a conference on digitalization of public services in the field of education. Carovska pointed out that her...

Macedonia 10.02.21 | 09:25

Online registration for vaccines begins today, even while vaccine delivery date remains uncertain

The Healthcare Ministry is opening a website today where citizens can register to receive a coronavirus vaccine. The Ministry still hasn’t provided the vaccines, after its initial attempt to go after Western produced vaccines failed. A new plan is to source the vaccines from China, with a still...

Macedonia 30.11.20 | 18:43

Opposition unites against Xhaferi: With 3,000 amendments, VMRO-DPMNE, AA, Alternativa and Levica “veto” online voting

By submitting more than 3,000 amendments, the opposition in Parliament is practically blocking the amendments to the Rules of Procedure proposed by Speaker Talat Xhaferi, in order to bypass the problems with the quorum due to the covid crisis. The opposition parties VMRO-DPMNE, Alliance and Alternativa...

Macedonia 23.11.20 | 19:57

Ruling coalition attempt to introduce online voting in the Parliament prompts walk-out from the opposition

Representatives of the opposition parties VMRO-DPMNE, Alliance of Albanians, Alternative and Levica did not attend the coordination held this afternoon by Speaker Talat Xhaferi. The parties, who together hold 58 of the 120 seat Parliament, have briefed the press that they will stop providing the quorum...

Macedonia 16.11.20 | 21:35

Talat Xhaferi proposes Parliament to hold online sessions

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi filed Monday a motion for addition to the Rules of Procedures regarding online sessions. Having in mind the new situation caused by the coronavirus, starting from the constitutionally guaranteed function of the Parliament as a representative body of the citizens and holder...

Macedonia 22.10.20 | 11:06

Online sessions bring legal uncertainty and the possibility of abuse, says MP Milososki

There should be no online sessions because first of all the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament and the Constitution should be changed, and secondly there may be political polarization, MP Antonio Milososki from VMRO-DPMNE warned Wednesday on the “Zaspij ako mozes” show. A subject with online...

Macedonia 14.10.20 | 09:54

The Constitution does not allow government’s intention for Parliament to work online

Zoran Zaev’s announcement that due to the coronavirus the Government will work online and that he recommends the same to the Parliament went unnoticed. First, in what capacity does Zaev, as the executive power, request or recommend the Parliament, which is the legislative power, to work online. It...

Macedonia 13.10.20 | 10:59

Milososki: From a constitutional and legal point of view, the Parliament cannot work and make decisions online

From a constitutional-legal point of view, the Parliament cannot work and decide through online applications, for the simple reason that there is a clear constitutional norm (Article 69) which requires the presence of parliamentary sessions, a majority of the total number of MPs. From an ethical point...

Macedonia 05.10.20 | 16:47

High school students in Kicevo stage protest against online classes

Some of the students from the two municipal high schools from Kicevo peacefully protested and demanded in-person teaching in their schools. The protest against online teaching started in the town square and ended in front of the two high schools. The protest was attended by students who attend classes...

Macedonia 30.09.20 | 22:31

Macedonian public television will broadcast school lectures as many households lack computers for online classes

With many households lacking computers they need to have their children follow online classes, the Macedonian public television announced it will broadcast some of the classes. MRTV will air short videos filmed by teachers for various grades and topics. But due to time constraints its unclear whether...

Macedonia 29.09.20 | 10:16

Nervous parents, students in panic: Today first trial classes on the platform that did not work yesterday

The beginning of the school year leaves many questions open. Nervous and panicked parents wonder how to provide computers for every child with the necessary performance? How can two children attend online classes on one computer? Who will help the children when the parents are at work? These unanswered...

Macedonia 04.09.20 | 10:57

Parliament divided along political lines over whether online voting should be allowed

Sitel TV reports that there is a major rift in the Parliament, as the slim ruling majority insists on holding future sessions online, while the opposition demands they are held in person, as provided in the Constitution. SDSM, DUI, BESA and DPA have a majority of just 62 votes, and will not be able to...

Macedonia 18.08.20 | 16:47

Government decides that public education continues online, except for the first three grades and pupils in small village schools

The Education Ministry said that its final decision is that public education will be held online, except for the youngest elementary school children in the first three grades, and for children attending the smallest schools in the country. Parents will be asked to give their approval for their children...

Macedonia 12.08.20 | 10:44

Education Minister Ademi counters healthcare experts, wants teaching to resume in person

Education Minister Arbr Ademi said that the position of his department is that students should begin attended in-person education at the start of the new year on September 1. The statement comes after the Committee on Infectious Diseases proposed that classes continue under the improvised online system,...

Macedonia 11.08.20 | 15:54

Healthcare experts propose to the Government that public education continues online for all but the youngest students

The Committee on Infectious Diseases proposes that education continues online for all students except for the first graders, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. The public has been eagerly awaiting a decision for the public education system, that has been closed for in-person study since March. The...

Macedonia 10.06.20 | 09:19

2019/2020 school year, conducted online since March, ends today

For 270 thousand high school and primary school students, including about 19 thousand first graders, the school year 2019/2020 ends today, for the first time in extraordinary circumstances and outside the school desks that remained empty since March 11 due to the danger of spreading the coronavirus disease. Over...

Macedonia 29.04.20 | 18:05

Education Minister Ademi claims many households are falsely stating they don’t have any IT devices in order to receive benefits

Education Minister Arbr Ademi insists that many households are falsely reporting that they lack access to computers and reliable internet and can’t have their children follow the online lectures. Most schools across Macedonia are organizing online education for their pupils, but many households...

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