Tag: students
Macedonia 05.02.24 | 18:33

According to Assembly President, Student Assembly will start a calendar of events that the Ministry must adhere to

The President of the University Student Assembly at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (USS-UKIM), Aleksandar Nikolovski, expressed student frustration during a protest on Monday, citing delayed scholarship payments and other subsidies as the primary reasons. Nikolovski conveyed the students’...

Macedonia 05.02.24 | 16:46

Students at universities will protest about transportation vouchers, scholarship payments, and dorm renovation

University students are set to stage a protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Education and Science, highlighting the injustices they face and expressing dissatisfaction with the Ministry’s inefficiency. The students aim to voice their discontent regarding the delayed disbursement of scholarships,...

Macedonia 03.02.24 | 18:00

Students will begin protests on Monday

An association calling itself Student Revolution announced protests on Monday in front of the Education Ministry. Students are protesting the fact that they still haven’t received any money from the state scholarships for the current school year. Despite the false promises and the expensive PR...

Macedonia 22.10.23 | 22:45

Mickoski: Guaranteed jobs for the 500 best graduates

500 best graduates in Macedonia will receive guaranteed job offers from the state, promised VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, as part of the presentation of youth oriented policies. Mickoski presented the program of 0 income tax for people under 30, the plans to build homes for young couple and...

Macedonia 26.06.23 | 09:40

Defeating numbers: Only 10 students applied to attend the high school in Center Zhupa, Western Macedonia

At the first call for attending the high school in Center Zhupa, Debar region, only 10 students applied, which is 14.7% of the expected number, says Principal Sabri Asan. The high school prepared for 68 students, and 58 places remained empty – 31 for student in Macedonian language, and 27 for Turkish...

Macedonia 23.06.23 | 08:30

The corruption is very or extremely present at the universities, think 20% of the Macedonian students

The corruption is very or extremely present at the universities, say 20% of the polled Macedonian students. One of ten students in the country had an experience when a professor asked him/her for a bribe, while 6% of them offered bribe for a higher grade. Over 90% of the Macedonian students don’t...

Macedonia 23.03.23 | 11:42

Students demand meeting with the Education Minister, free intercity translation, an increase in the subsidized student meal

The “Student Resistance” movement demands a meeting with the Minister of Education and Science and their representatives to be included in the working bodies that make decisions in the interest of students. In a statement to the media, “Student Resistance,” expresses dissatisfaction...

Macedonia 17.03.23 | 10:16

Student protests in Skopje

The ODAS student association plans to protest in front of the Education Ministry today, demanding a number of changes in the treatment of university students. According to ODAS head Anisija Ugrinovska, their key demands are that the graduation exams are reduced – due to the holes in education during...

Macedonia 15.03.23 | 09:20

Students announce protests: Education Ministry has not fulfilled any of its promises

The Education Ministry, through its continuous disregard for students and respect for legal deadlines, is forcing students to demand their rights again with protests and radicalization, according to the Student Resistance. They remind that we are already entering the third month of the new year and the...

Macedonia 23.01.23 | 15:02

Emigration: 80 students left schools in Stip, cited that their families are moving abroad

Education officials from Stip inform that 81 students have left elementary and high schools in the city and its wider municipality this school year, citing that their families are moving abroad. Snezana Saneva said that usually about 20 to 30 percent of the students who move out with their families return...

Macedonia 19.11.22 | 08:46

Parliament adopts law changes, students will receive 120 denars per meal until March 15

Under the changes, every student in the country until March 15, 2023 will be paid 120 denars per meal (2,400 denars a month). Opposition MPs voted in abstention after demanding that students should be paid 160 instead of 120 denars. Bojan Stojanovski from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE said that with this...

Macedonia 17.11.22 | 20:30

Students hold another protest in front of the Parliament, VMRO-DPMNE will support their demands

Another protest gathering of the students from the Skopje university took place this afternoon, in reaction to the attempt by the SDSM – DUI coalition to reduce the already meager food subsidies needy students are receiving. Students marched between the Education Ministry and the Parliament to...

Macedonia 17.11.22 | 09:41

With a march from the Government building to the Ministry of Education, the students will demand their rights

The university student assemblies at UKIM, South East European University, FON, American College, FOP, the universities of Bitola and Stip and the “Student Resistance” movement will march together today starting from 17:30 h from the government building to the Education Ministry building to demand...

Macedonia 16.11.22 | 12:17

Students unite – “Student resistance” and university student assemblies march together on Thursday

The university student assemblies at UKIM, South East European University, FON, American College, FOP, the universities of Bitola and Stip and the “Student Resistance” movement will march together to demand their rights tomorrow. The university student assembly at UKIM announced that the...

Macedonia 15.11.22 | 10:45

Large student protest planned for Thursday

After the large protest in Skopje yesterday, the Student Resistance organization will hold another protest on Thursday afternoon. The students are in the streets after the ruling coalition tried to reduce the already meager food allowance. They gathered in front of the Parliament yesterday to show the...

Macedonia 14.11.22 | 18:36

Large student protest against the horrible living conditions and attempts to cut their food subsidies

Hundreds of students gathered in front of the Parliament today to protest the dismal conditions in the state run student dorms. The protest comes after several members of Parliament from the ruling coalition proposed that subsidies for food are canceled for students who come from middle class families...

Macedonia 13.11.22 | 09:17

Students to protest against the government in front of the Parliament building

The student youth movement “Student Resistance” announces a peaceful student protest which, according to the announcement on Facebook, will be held on Monday at 4 pm in front of the Parliament under the motto “Stop the destruction of the student standard”. In the “Student...

Macedonia 01.09.22 | 09:30

Students return to school without textbooks, but with other printed materials

Around 255,000 elementary and high school students are starting the 2022/2023 school year today, in which, after two pandemic years, classes will start without anti-covid protocols and face masks. For the first, second, fourth and fifth grade students, new curricula have been prepared for the classes,...

Macedonia 14.08.22 | 11:29

Children should be given textbooks by law, but elementary school students in Macedonia will study from notebooks and copies

The curricula are ready, but the textbooks will be late for the first months of the school year. In the anonymous competition, some of the scripts were selected, but there are also those that have comments from the review committees and need to undergo certain changes/additions. After the author(s) have...

Macedonia 27.03.22 | 09:41

Government decision on lifting mask mandate for primary school students expected on Tuesday

The activities of the caravan promoting Covid-19 vaccination, organized by the Ministry of Health with the support of the World Health Organization, USAID and UNICEF, resumes today on the square in Kumanovo. Meanwhile, the government is awaiting a decision on easing the measures. At the regular session...

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