Tag: schools
Macedonia 20.08.24 | 08:33

Over 120 schools can abolish the afternoon shift, Minister Janevska says

Education Minister Vesna Janevska expects over 120 elementary and high schools to begin teaching in one shift only, and to end their afternoon shift, which is seen as a significant drain on the students. In some instances, in about 50 schools, all it takes is that from one to five classrooms to be added...
Macedonia 03.07.24 | 18:59

Janevska: The previous Government hasn’t printed a single 7th grade textbook

Education Minister Vesna Janevska informed the public that the previous DUI – SDSM led Government left the public schoolswithout any printed textbook for the 7th grade. Some of the textbooks haven’t been approved yet, some haven’t been reviewed, and some have not been written, Janevska...
Macedonia 02.06.24 | 11:26

Teachers warn about a disturbing trend in Skopje schools

Sitel TV carries a warning from teachers in several schools in Skopje that there were cases of self-harm by pupils. The cases were apparently inspired by Tiktok videos which the children have watched, and recently a dozen such cases were reported in Kosovo.
Macedonia 03.03.23 | 13:59

Interior Ministry announces new response to the school bomb threats

The Interior Ministry announced that it will modify its response to the wave of emailed bomb threats that are aimed at the schools, mostly in the capital Skopje. Minister Oliver Spasovski did not say how the approach will be changed, and insisted that the police is already doing all it can – with...
Macedonia 01.03.23 | 10:32

Schools across Skopje are being evacuated after bomb threats

Half a dozen schools in downtown Skopje are being evacuated today after bomb threats. The full list is likely to grow, but so far evaucations are reported in the Goce Delcev, Pestaloci, Kole Nedelkovski and Kiro Gligorov schools. The authorities have been unable to stop the flood of threatening emails...
Macedonia 23.02.23 | 15:16

If there are bomb threats in schools, classes continue online

Bomb threats sent to the e-mail addresses of schools since October last year, instill panic among students, disrupt their mental health and negatively affect their socialization, according to the participants of a forum within the scientific research project of the University of “St. Cyril and...
Macedonia 01.12.22 | 20:45

Bomb threats against nine schools in Skopje were fake

After eight high schools and one elementary school in Skopje were targeted in the latest round of emailed bomb threats, the police today informed that all threats were found to be hoaxes. The schools had to be evacuated and the bomb squad was sent to examine them. The threats were sent over the past...
Macedonia 17.05.22 | 21:19

State prosecutors not overly interested to investigate allegations that the DUI party is using schools to mine crypto

State prosecutors are ignoring the warning from Ziadin Sela, leader of the Alliance of Albanians party, that schools ran by principals appointed by the DUI party, are used to mine crypto currencies. Using public institutions to mine crypto became a rampant problem. Corrupt officials are installing mining...
Macedonia 22.03.22 | 22:52

Elementary school students to continue to wear face masks in schools, government fails to make decision to lift the mandate

Elementary school students will have to continue to wear face masks during classes. At today’s session, the Government failed to make the expected decision to lift the mask mandate, although the Commission for Infectious Diseases recommended it more than a week ago. The Government says that during...
Macedonia 01.02.22 | 10:18

Schools reopen after winter break

After a month-long winter break, an extended one due to a surge in Covid-19 cases nationwide, nearly 255,000 students are getting back to school Tuesday for the second semester of the 2021/2022 school year. Due to the deteriorating epidemiological situation and the assessment that the country is at the...
Macedonia 31.01.22 | 11:45

Calls for holding online classes ahead of tomorrow’s beginning of second semester

With the government’s decision from last week, the second semester in the primary and secondary schools in the country will resume Tuesday with in-person classes. However, the requests for the beginning of the second semester to resume with online teaching have become more frequent. The Independent...
Macedonia 26.01.22 | 21:23

Schools to resume in-person classes on February 1

Elementary schools and high schools in Macedonia will resume in-person classes on February 1, the Government decided at its session on Wednesday. This decision was made based on the opinion of the Commission for Infectious Diseases and in accordance with the recommendations of UNICEF, and the Government...
Macedonia 26.01.22 | 16:15

Corona committee proposes that schools reopen in full next week

Despite the record infection rate, the Committee on infectious diseases is recommending that both elementary and high-schools reopen on February 1st with in-person classes. The winter break was extended by over a week, as Macedonia is experiencing a major new wave of the epidemic, that is by far the...
Macedonia 18.01.22 | 19:43

School year cut short because of the new coronavirus wave

The Government today determined that the school year will be cut short to 172 school days for elementary school pupils and to 158 days for the elementary school graduates. This means that the currently on-going winter break, that was supposed to end on Thursday, will be extended until February. The reason...
Macedonia 20.09.21 | 21:30

Over 200 pupils infected with the coronavirus in Skopje

The Healthcare Ministry informed that 139 elementary school pupils and 70 high-schoolers from the capital Skopje are infected with the coronavirus. This comes after the latest large outbreak in the Vera Ciriviri – Trena elementary school, where an entire class was forced into isolation after eight...
Macedonia 17.09.21 | 21:34

Outbreak in several schools in Ohrid forces 177 students into isolation

A coronavirus outbreak in Ohrid forced 177 elementary school students into isolation. The cases were diagnosed among Turkish language students in the school in the village of Leskajca, as well as in several Turkish language classes in the Bratstvo Edinstvo school in Ohrid. Other schools in Ohrid also...
Macedonia 31.08.21 | 21:17

High schools in Kicevo and Struga will hold online classes because of the high corona infection rate

High schools in Kicevo and Struga will begin the new school year tomorrow with online classes, for at least the first seven days, the Zaev Government ordered today. Previously, high schools in hard hit Tetovo and Gostivar were also told to begin school online, for the first 14 days. Elementary schools...
Macedonia 31.08.21 | 19:36

Doctor Panovski: Schools will probably have to switch back to online classes in a few weeks

Microbiologist Nikola Panovski warns that having all children attend in-person classes is not sustainable with the current rate of coronavirus infections. Macedonia is undergoing a major new wave in the epidemic, but still the Government insists that most children begin classes in person, starting tomorrow. I’m...
Macedonia 31.08.21 | 15:06

Schools to switch to online classes if 10% of the students get infected, says Filipce

We have two backup scenarios for in-person teaching if the epidemiological situation worsens, Health Minister, Venko Filipce said on Tuesday. He added that students’ health, both physical and mental, is a priority. We start the school year with in-person classes, similar to the countries in the...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 16:53

Parents won’t be allowed into the schools, children will be kept at a distance

The Healthcare Ministry issued the protocols meant to protect children from the coronavirus as the school year is about to start on September 1st. The protocols include a ban on parents entering the schools – except for parents of special needs children. The schools are required to designate patrols...
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