NEWS OF THE DAY: Ministry of Education and Science: The platform is being tested for full functionality
Constant tests are being conducted for full functioning of the national online teaching platform, which will also continue in the following days, announced the Ministry of Education and Science after the system crashed and the platform www.schools.mk became unavailable.
“The testing is part of the process of achieving full functionality of the platform and all of the challenges are detected and overcome in the test phase. With the purpose of providing a fully functional platform by the start of the school year, the testing will continue in the following days. At the moment, all of the preparations, tests, and optimizations of the platform are being made”, informed the Ministry of Education and Science, which announced this weekend that the platform is available for use by the students and parents.
STATEMENT OF THE DAY: Rexhepi, secondary school professor: The online teaching programme is easy to use
Regarding the question of whether and how much online teaching can replace physical presence in school classes and how it will affect the students, Professor Rexhepi says that during a pandemic and uncertainty in terms of the health situation in the country, online teaching is a necessary evil, and a loss of a few months, or even worse, a year, must not be allowed simply because of this fact.
“Students already have experience with online teaching from the last quarter of the previous school year. Perhaps the insufficient organization and non-unification back then led to skepticism. However, this time it concerns a completely unified platform that satisfies all aspects of the education process, and I, personally, think that the students will get used to it very quickly and that the platform will give the expected results” he added.
CIVIL ACTIVITIES
CIVIL is organizing a public event on discrimination and employment
Employment discrimination is a frequent topic in the media and in the public communication. Insufficient understanding and frequent politicization of the topic related to employment imposes the need of a broader public discussion with arguments from multiple aspects by all stakeholders.
For that reason, CIVIL is organizing a public event, panel discussion on the topic “Discrimination and employment in the public and private sector” on Wednesday, September 30, at City Park Hotel, starting at 12.00 noon.
CIVIL, as part of the Green Caravan activities, will hold a workshop in Gevgelia, on Tuesday, September 29, starting at 11.00 am, in the hall of the National Theatre in Gevgelia (House of Culture).
Representatives of the Municipality and Municipal Council, institutions, civil society organizations, green initiatives, political parties, media and activists in the respective areas will take part in the workshop. Participation of no more than 20 participants is anticipated, in compliance to the COVID-19 protection measures.
FLASH NEWS:
President Stevo Pendarovski congratulated members of the Bosniak community in the Republic of North Macedonia on the occasion of September 28, International Day of Bosniaks.
The Government submitted to Parliament the new draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination, which has the goal of improving the legal regulation and its harmonization with the law of the European Union and international standards in relation to protection against discrimination.
The Governor of the National Bank Anita Angelovska – Bezoska assessed that a more significant inflation pressure is not expected for this year or the next year, or even in the medium term.
Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski today warned that sanctions for people who should be in isolation, due to having contact with a person who is positive for Covid-19 or the person himself is positive for Covid-19, but are not, are subject to criminal sanctions, which are above 2,000 euros.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani from the European Parliament started the intensive agenda in Brussels, at meetings with influential MEPs, representatives of various political groups.
In the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the health condition of both children and kindergarten employees is continuously being monitored, said Minister Jagoda Sahpaska.
Lawyer Dimitar Dangov in his concluding words pointed out that the indictment against Mile Janakieski for “Violence in Center” should be withdrawn by the Prosecutor’s Office.
А. Petrovska
Translation: N. Cvetkovska
