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 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: Fax: