Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the
Languages in the Education for the Ethnic Minorities
“Policy development and monitoring for quality and equity in
education”
6 – 7 December, 2011
Belgrade, Serbia
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Content of the presentation
 General for the directorate;
 Reforms in the educational system;
 Policies and affirmative actions in the educational
system for the members of the communities;
 Strategy for integrated educational system;
 Collecting data on ethnic base;
 How we measure the effectives of this policies.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
General for the directorate
 Established in 2002, fully equipped in 2005 year;
 Two units – Unit for languages and unit for children's rights and
promoting the values of peace and tolerance;
 Takes care about the implementation of the constitutional and
law obligations for education on mother tongue for the member of
the communities;
 Together with the Pedagogical department is responsible for
securing textbooks in the languages for the members of the
communities;
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
General for the directorate
 Enabling equal access to quality education for the
members of communities in all levels of education;
 Coordinates
the
work
on
projects
toward
strengthening the tolerance between the members of
the communities.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Reforms in the educational system
 Law regulation (Law on Secondary Education, Law on
VET, Law on State Examination Centre, Law on State
Education Inspectorate);
 Compulsory secondary education;
 Decentralization;
 Development of curricula;
 Quality assurance in education;
 Promoting integration, social equity, social inclusion
and cohesion, and multicultural dialogue.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Policies and affirmative actions in the educational
system for the members of the communities
 Macedonians, Albanians, Turks and Serbians are following the
teaching classes in their mother tongue in primary and secondary
education;
 On university level there are two Universities on Albanian
language (one state and one private) and cathedra on Turkish
and Serbian language;
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Policies and affirmative actions in the educational
system for the members of the communities
 Vlach, Bosnians and Roma community in primary education their
mother tongue are following through elective subject “Language
and Culture of the Communities” which starts from 3th grade
primary education;
 On university level there is elective subject Roma history and
culture and also the Vlach language is learning as elective
subject in one pedagogical faculty in Stip.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Policies and affirmative actions in the educational
system for the members of the communities
 Project for school mediators for Roma in primary education –
intents in near future to be public policy by the Government;
 Manual for antidiscrimination policies in primary and secondary
education;
 Project for scholarship, mentorship and tutorship in high school;
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Policies and affirmative actions in the educational
system for the members of the communities
 Affirmative measures for enrolling the Roma students in
secondary education;
 CCT – conditional cash transfer system;
 Free textbooks for all pupils in primary and secondary education;
 Free transport for all pupils in primary and secondary education;
 Free of charge accommodation for pupils in dormitories.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Strategy for integrated educational system
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Promotion of integration trough joint activities;
Integration through language acquisition;
Curricula and textbooks;
Teachers qualifications;
School management in the context of decentralization.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Collecting data on ethnic base
 Sector for primary and secondary education collecting
data on educational language;
 Directorate collecting data on ethnic base;
 EMIS.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
How we measure the effectiveness of this
policies?
 Indicators for quality of education in schools;
 The integral evaluation process of the schools;
 Trough regular monitoring missions done by the
sectors and bodies within the Ministry of education
and science.
Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Science
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
THANK YOU!
Redzep Ali Cupi
Director
Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the
Education for the Ethnic Minorities
Ministry of Education and Science
Tel: +389 2 3140 156
Fax: +389 3118 414
E-mail: redzep-ali.cupi@mon.gov.mk
www.mon.gov.mk