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17 May - 9 June Switzerland will grant to Macedonia 1,1 million CHF for reconstruction of 12 schools in Debar, Kicevo, Ohrid, Prilep, Strumica, Kocani and Skopje. 20 May - 26 May The UNHCR has approved quick impact projects for rehabilitation of the schools in Bojane, Gorjane and Karpos. 13 May - 19 May The school building at the Tetovo village of Miletino, rebuilt with donation from the German embassy, was put in use. 18 March - 24 March UNICEF is completing the distribution of school furniture and stoves for 142 schools. Funds are still needed for rehabilitation of 17 school buildings in the crisis areas. 11 March - 17 March The UNICEF is expecting a reply from the Ministry of Education and Science regarding the realization of the project for tolerance-building in three municipalities: Tetovo, Kumanovo and Skopje. According to the latest information from UNICEF, 19 schools are to be rehabilitated. 4 March - 10 March UNICEF distributed school equipment to the schools in the crises regions, such as the school in Lesok where 10 chairs, five desks and two blackboards were distributed; a total of 130 chairs, 65 desks and 13 blackboards were distributed in Tearce; and 120 chairs, 60 desks, five blackboards and ten stoves were distributed in Lopate. 25 February - 3 March The IMG has signed an agreement with the Italian corporation for rehabilitation of the following schools: the old school building in Matejce, the new school building in Aracinovo, and the two schools in Slupcane. The ECHO completed the rehabilitation of the school in Poroj. The UNICEF will provide containers for the school in Nikustak. 18 February - 24 February UNICEF provides equipment and distributed furniture for the primary schools in the crises regions, as well as to other schools that need it. So far, the distribution has been completed in the schools in Konjare, Semsevo, Grusino, Opae, Lopate, Lipkovo, Sipkovica, Brodec, Ljubanci, Ljuboten and the schools in Skopje: "Partenie Zografski", "Liria" and "25th of May". The distribution will cover a total of 145 primary schools, which will be provided with a total of 9.200 school chairs, 4.300 school desks, 380 black boards and 360 heaters. 11 February - 17 February UNICEF will provide furniture to schools in crisis region. 4 February - 10 February The UNICEF is carrying out distribution of school sets for the students in the crisis regions as well as for the students - IDPs accommodated in the collective centers and in host-families. School books were distributed to 28,000 students, and 24,000 received school bags and school materials. The CRS completed the rehabilitation of the schools in Lopate the school "May 25" in Skopje. The school in Brest was cleaned from mines and other unexploded devices, however the building was severely damaged in the conflict. At this moment, 24 students live in Brest. 28 January - 3 February Regarding the rehabilitation of the schools in the crisis regions, repairs have been carried out in 36 school buildings. 35 schools are being repaired. The UNICEF started the second phase of distribution of school sets. The project includes 92 schools in the regions impacted by the crisis, as well as schools that received large number of students - IDPs. 17-23 December An Italian corporation opened a tender for reconstruction
of the school buildings in Matejce (the old part of the building), Slupcane
(the old school building) and in Aracinovo (the new school building).
26 November - 2 December World Vision has completed the rehabilitation of the
school in Opae. 19-25 November Since November 19, about 700 students from the school
in Aracinovo do not attend the classes. So far, the students attended
the education in tents, but that became impossible due to the cold weather.
The school building has not been repaired yet. 12-18 November Cooperazione Italiana started
with rehabilitation of the school building in Aracinovo. 5-11 November The UNICEF reported that rehabilitation is needed in
77 school buildings. In five of them the rehabilitation was already completed,
28 will be rehabilitated with funds already approved by donors, and seven
will be rehabilitated with funds that were promised by the donors. This
leaves 37 schools uncovered. UNICEF also reported that the education is
not taking place in 12 schools, either because the students are displaced
or because the school buildings need repairs. 29 October - 4 November MCMS initiated the repairs of the primary school in
the village Matejche that shall be carried out in cooperation with the
Cooperatzione Italiana. 22-28 October
The French Agency Solidarite has replaced all
windows and carried out reparations of minor damages of the Neproshteno
School 15-21 October The solidaries with money ECHO is rehabilitating the schools in Otjla and Neprosteno. 8-14 October At the last coordination meeting organized by UNICEF,
the possibilities for reconstruction of the damaged school buildings in
the regions of crisis were presented. 10 out of total of 12 schools will
be reconstructed in the first phase, and nine out of 13 in the second.
The Solidarites will carry out most of the repairing activities using
ECHO funds, and the Catholic Relief Services - CRS, World Vision and the
MCIC will be also included in the project. The MCIC will carry out reconstruction
of the schools in Matejce and Slatino and will carry out evaluation of
the school building in the village of Radusa. 1-7 October On October 3, the Albanian students of "Goce Delcev"
high school in Kumanovo interrupted the classes once more. The Albanian
newspaper, "Fakti", says that they interrupted classes because
there was no transport provided for the students of the Lipkovo region,
and they wanted to have the classes in the same building. On October 4,
the Macedonian students interrupted the classes and demanded a separate
entrance to be made for the Albanian students. 24-30 September After an 18 day boycott of classes, about 600 Albanian
secondary school children returned to the schools in Kumanovo. 17-23 September The new school year has not started yet in any
of the six primary schools in the Lipkovo municipality, where about 4.000
pupils are awaiting the beginning of the school year. According to the
Head of the Civilian Protection Body, measures are being undertaken in
the villages in the Lipkovo municipality for the schooling to begin around
October 1. The pupils, both Macedonians and Albanians, from the village
of Opae attend school in the neighbouring village of Lopate, municipality
of Kumanovo. 10-16 September The education did not start in the schools in Neprosteno,
Lesok and Tearce. In some elementary schools in Tetovo, the parents and
the students, ethnic Macedonians (like the school "Bratstvo-Migjeni")
disagree the education to continue in the premises of the school and they
point to the kindergarten near the Sports Center as an alternative. 3-9 September The new school year started on
September 10. 27 August - 2 September The Government of the Republic of Macedonia decided to start the school year on the 10th of September, instead of the 1st of September. 20-26 August UNICEF has agreed to support schools in Kumanovo with textbooks, school supplies and furniture once an official request is made. 13-19 August Due to the current political-security situation in the country, there is an uncertainty for the beginning of the new school year in the crisis regions and for the IDP. The start depends on the situation on the field, the refurbishment of the school buildings that were damaged in the crisis regions stricken by military activity. 6-12 August UNICEF is continually working on providing conditions for the commencing of the school year in the crisis areas. 23-29 July In the education sector, cooperation with the
Ministry of Education has been established for socialization of the disabled
children. UNICEF and the Ministry of Education will establish sub-body for coordination of activities and evaluate whether the standards for the beginning of the new semester have been fulfilled.  |
