NEWS OF THE DAY: Everyone will be included in the new concept for primary education, announced Carovska
The concept has been prepared by relevant university professors and teachers who are directly involved in the teaching now and can see the challenges. University professors together with teachers have jointly built a vision on what kind of a teaching concept primary education should have in our country. The most relevant are pedagogues and psychologists. This was announced today by Minister of Labour and Social Policy Mila Carovska at a press conference, where the new concept for primary education was presented.
Replying to a journalist question in regards to history and geography to remain as separate subjects, Minister Carovska pointed out that she believes in transparency and added that best decisions are made through discussions. Following today’s presentation on this concept, she announced that a public debate is starting, while the document will be publically available and all relevant will be able to give their comment.
– However, the most important thing is that all profiles who further need to create curricula, such as historians, geographers, will be able to directly apply for the competition, to participate in the preparation of the curricula. We will also lead this process transparently. There should be no concern that someone might not be involved. Everyone will be involved, because this is a significant process for our country. This is a significant process for the education system, but also for the economy and the future of the country, stressed Carovska.
STATEMENT OF THE DAY: Carovska: We will not allow for there to be textbooks with explicit stereotypical and discriminatory content
“There are short interventions, we have already done this by withdrawing some textbooks that had clear and explicit content that is not suitable in the education, but also a new concept is being prepared for students that is to follow along with this concept, and that is the third phase of preparing materials that are regulated by regulations that determine how textbooks are adopted”, replied Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska to CIVIL Media’s question as to whether and how the Ministry of Education and Science and the Bureau for Development of Education plan to deal with some of the teaching and expert staff in schools, who, directly or indirectly, are conveying to students and parents content with nationalist messages, and are not part of the curricula.
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CIVIL Panel Discussion: Youth, perspectives…
CIVIL is organizing a panel discussion titled “Youth, perspectives…”, which will be held on December 24, 2020, Thursday, at City Park Hotel in Skopje, starting at 12 pm.
The panel includes the following speakers: Stefani Spirovska from MOF, Borjan Eftimov, President of USS, Ermin Klimenta, web developer in ELAMI and Angela Petrovska, journalist and part of CIVIL Media’s team. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dehran Muratov.
FLASH NEWS
As soon as the vaccine against COVID-19 becomes available in the country, doctors, medical staff and others on the front line in the fight against the pandemic will be the first to receive it, followed by the chronically ill, elderly citizens, employed in kindergartens and others on the priority list, announced today government spokespersons Dusko Arsovski and Muamet Hodza.
The Parliament at today’s 28th session, in a shortened procedure, adopted the government Draft law on realization of the project “New university clinical center” for construction and putting into function a complex of facilities.
Several days before the New Year holidays, the inspection services have intensified their inspections on the ground and in cooperation with the MOI during last week numerous coordinated actions at various entities were carried out.
The President and Supreme Commander of the Army, Stevo Pendarovski, today in the Army House in Skopje, was briefed by Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski on the situation and combat readiness of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia in 2020.
The SCPC at today’s 44th session is acting on several cases formed upon reports of whistleblowers in accordance to the Law on Protection of Whistleblowers.
translation: N. Cvetkovska
