Ministry of Education and Science Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the Education for the Ethnic Minorities Policy development.

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, 2011Belgrade, Serbia

Republic of MacedoniaMinistry of Education and Science


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.



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;



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.



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.



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;




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.




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;




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.



Strategy for integrated educational system

Promotion of integration trough joint activities; Integration through language acquisition; Curricula and textbooks; Teachers qualifications; School management in the context of decentralization.



Collecting data on ethnic base

Sector for primary and secondary education collecting data on educational language;

Directorate collecting data on ethnic base; EMIS.



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.



THANK YOU!

Redzep Ali Cupi

Director


Ministry of Education and Science

Tel: +389 2 3140 156

Fax: +389 3118 414

E-mail: [email protected]

www.mon.gov.mk

Ministry of Education and Science Directorate for Promotion and Development of the Languages in the Education for the Ethnic Minorities Policy development.

Documents

quality education

levels of education

secondary education

primary education intents

grade primary education

science directorate

ethnic minorities policies

ethnic minorities general