The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation has announced that in the meeting of the Task Force at MESTI level, where it is represented by all relevant institutions such as: NIPHK, SBASHK, Parents’ Council and Municipal Directorates of Education, it was recommended for compensation of missed school days as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The Ministry of Education has published the dates when the lost teaching hours will be replaced.

Compensation for 18 missed school days for the school year 2021-2022, will be done as follows:

Ten school days are replaced-held on Saturdays, starting with the dates listed below:

In October, 2021 with the dates: 9.10.2021 and 23.10.2021;

In November, 2021 with the dates: 06.11.2021 and 20.11.2021;

In December, 2021 with the dates: 4.12.2021, 18.12.2021, 28.12.2021, 29.12.2021 and 30.12.2021 (winter rest days);

In January, 2022 the replacement will be done on the dates: 15.01.2022 and 29.01.2022;

In February, 2022 with the dates: 12.02.2022 and 26.02.2022.

At the end of the third period, for students who complete the upper secondary school 12th grade (graduates), the replacement should be done on the dates: 16.05.2022, 17.05.2022, 18.05.2022, 19.05.2022, 20.05 .2022.

For students of 9th, 10th and 11th grades, the replacement is made on the dates: 06.06.2022, 07.06.2022, 08.06.2022, 09.06.2022, 10.06.2022.

For students of grades 1-8 and pre-primary children, the replacement will be done on the dates: 20.06.2022, 21.06.2022, 22.06.2022, 23.06.2022 and 24.06.2022.

The Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Arbërie Nagavci, has announced that so far there are 17 thousand 483 vaccinated education workers. She said that there are 12 thousand 395 students who have been vaccinated so far.

The first of the education has encouraged the teachers to be vaccinated before the beginning of the new school year, as he said that the goal of the Ministry is for the teaching to start with physical presence in schools.

“Based on the information from the Ministry of Health dated August 6, so last Friday there are a total of 17 thousand 483 vaccinated education workers and also there are 12 thousand 395 vaccinated students. So, a total of 29 thousand 878 people vaccinated. In this regard, we are in constant cooperation with the Ministry of Health and NIPHK, as well as with SBASHK and representatives of MEDs in order to ensure that the beginning of the new school year finds us with teachers of vaccinated. “I think that more than hesitation, it was probably a negligence of the teachers because it was a long year with increased commitments during the pandemic and during this holiday season they did not pay proper attention to vaccination”, she said.

The Minister of Education, Arbërie Nagavci, has asked the teachers to be vaccinated, in order to be ready for the school year 2021/22, which is planned to start with full physical participation.

“We are planning to start the school year 2021-2022 with full physical participation, so the educational staff must be prepared and vaccinated,” Nagavci said in a Facebook post.

Ajon says that “the damage caused to education by the pandemic is evident and multidimensional, therefore, we need the mobilization of all to achieve improvement of the situation and the intended results.”

“September should find us with education workers vaccinated with both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“Fortunately, there are enough vaccines that are approved and safe.”

She further wrote that “vaccination is one of the prerequisites for self-care and public health as well as the creation of conditions for learning with physical presence and therefore educational workers should be an example in this regard.”

“I call on all of you who have not been vaccinated yet, to set appointments for vaccination without wasting time in order to protect your health and the health of others, but also to be ready for a better start to the school year. “, She wrote. / Telegraphy /

The Committee on Education, Science, Technology, Innovation, Culture, Youth and Sports will meet this Tuesday morning.

The Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MEST), Arbërie Nagavci, will report to the deputies of this commission.

This committee will review the draft law on Ratification of the Cooperation Agreement between MEST and the Austrian Development Agency for the implementation of the project “Research and Applied Sciences in Higher Education + (HERAS +)” (ADA reference number 8116-00- 2020).

Meanwhile, a working group is expected to be formed to oversee the implementation of the Law on Textbooks and Pedagogical Documentation.

The Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Arbërie Nagavci, in a statement for Ekonomia Online, said that they are working from next school year to provide “dual” education for students.

“Dual” education is a system in which training in a company is combined with subjects in a vocational school.

“Vocational education and training is one of our strategic goals. We have started cooperation with municipalities and vocational schools in order to succeed in better vocational education for students. We have increased the cooperation with our partners who are offering support in this field “.

“We are consolidating and working on providing dual education from the next school year in total 2022-2023 so that there are opportunities and industries developed businesses to offer dual education for students. We are at the end of the preparations for the new school year “.

Further, Nagavci said that it is important to create genuine policies with enterprises, businesses in order to adapt the labor market to

“It is very important to have genuine policies, to have cooperation with enterprises, businesses and to have a good coordination of all our donors and partners under the leadership of the Ministry of Education so that the interest of each child is seen.”

“… Also achieving their results in improving skills and competencies both in meeting the needs and demands of the labor market as well as in anticipating what is important for the economic development of the country.”

The United Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture (SBAShK) has sent 452 education workers to Albania for holidays.

This was announced by SBAShK through a press release.

Highly appreciating the commitment and dedication of educational workers in this school year full of challenges and difficulties created by the pandemic, SBASHK continues with the tradition of organizing holidays on the Albanian coast for a considerable number of its members from all over Kosovo.

After analyzing the budget possibilities, the leading bodies of SBASHK have come to the conclusion that this year in this activity will be included 452 vacationers who have been selected by the educational and cultural associations and academic units from all over Kosovo.

This tradition was started on Sunday, June 20, by the first group of 78 vacationers, in which the members of SBASHK were selected who have fulfilled their obligations in the teaching process, while on June 27 they will go to the organized and deserved vacation 245 other vacationers from different municipalities of Kosovo.

This recreational activity will continue on July 4 with the last group of 129 vacationers “, it is said in the press release.

Meanwhile, in addition to leisure and recreation, this activity will be used for union activities and organization and for the organization of debate tables regarding the preparation of the Strategic Plan of engagement of SBASHK in the coming years.

Knowing that the Ministry of Education and the Education Directorates have respect for the dedicated work of education workers, they will congratulate SBASHK for this targeted activity and will not create any eventual obstacles to those selected for this holiday./Lajmi/

The Minister of Education, Arbërie Nagavci, during her report to the Commission for Human Rights, was also asked about the cases of banning headscarves in schools.

PDK MP, Ariana Musliu-Shoshi, has raised the issue of headscarves in schools, while asking Minister Nagavci about whether there is official data on how many girls have been denied education due to wearing headscarves.

“I consider that the headscarf is not considered a religious uniform and is a violation of human rights. “Such a thing is allowed by the Constitution and is not even prohibited by the Law on Education”, said Musliu-Shoshi.

Nagavci responded, mentioning that the constitutional basis is quite clear and well defined in relation to the topic raised by the PDK MP.

She said that they do not officially have statistics on whether any student has been denied schooling due to the cover.

“As far as we are informed, we do not have any official data that the right to education has been denied, but there are some cases when children have not attended school. “For us, it is very important that all children are guaranteed the right to education”, said Nagavci. / Voice

The Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MEST) Arbërie Nagavci, in order to increase cooperation with the media, has decided that the ministry she leads to hold press conferences every two weeks.

In a Facebook post, she announced that during press conferences the latter will have the opportunity to receive answers on topics that interest them.

“Cooperation with the media is very important and I consider this a necessity beyond information.

For this reason we have decided to have conferences in the Ministry of Education every two weeks in order to give the opportunity to each journalist to get answers on various topics.

Every second Friday will be a day of sharing information about our work as well as reporting on issues of interest.

Beyond that, for any issue that interests them, the media can also direct questions to the media advisor who will make every effort to provide answers.

“As a minister in the Government,” Kurti 2 ″ I remain committed to transparency and our ministry will be open to the media, something that has been missing in the past years, “Nagavci wrote on Facebook.

Minister of Education Arbërie Nagavci stated that important projects are being developed in higher education, supported by development partners and donors, in order to further strengthen this important sector.

“In a virtual meeting organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, development partners, representatives of embassies, international organizations and donors told about the projects they fund for the development of higher education, providing scholarships for students of Kosovo “Mobility, bringing higher education closer to the labor market, but also accessing and using international science funds and programs,” Nagavci wrote on Facebook.

On this occasion, she stressed the need to continue cooperation by coordinating activities, in order to increase the quality of higher education.

“Challenges and difficulties that have accompanied education throughout the pandemic, have also affected the implementation of major projects supported by development partners. “Cooperation increases the opportunities in the implementation of the governing program for education, especially for higher education, in order to provide our young people with the highest quality education”, said Minister Nagavci.

The Feminist Thought and Action Collective has protested in front of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation regarding the case in the “Faik Konica” school.

Fjolla Muçaj, organizer said that the last key to happen in the school ‘Faik Konica’, has shown once again the scary reality with which girls grow up in Kosovo.

According to her, the sexual abuse of girls in schools is an urgent issue that we must all deal with.

“The last case that happened in the school ‘Faik Konica’, has shown once again the scary reality with which girls grow up in Kosovo. “And this reality, where the risk of sexual abuse is constant, comes precisely because of the social and institutional failure to treat violence against girls and women as a serious problem and concern for public safety.”

“Institutionalized patriarchy is endangering the right to education and healthy growth of children in schools. This is because our institutions have consistently failed to come up with genuine policies that would seriously address the sexual violence against girls, not recognizing at all the presence of this phenomenon and the need to address it. On the other hand, we are deeply concerned with the media reporting of these cases and consider that part of the problem is the media themselves and their scandalous reporting. “The media are becoming a serious obstacle in combating these phenomena, treating issues of gender-based violence as ‘sensational’ news and the means by which they earn more, violating above all human and journalistic principles.”

“Disclosure of the identity of the victims and children involved in these cases, such as the latter, is intolerable, for which we demand penalties from the relevant authorities. “We know very well that the cases made in the media within the school garrison are not isolated cases, but a phenomenon which is on a frightening scale present in all our private and public environments.”

“Therefore and as such should be treated. Our system and all institutions, from the family to public institutions are producing sexual harassment and abuse. This is being done through patriarchal education, stratifying and feeding inequalities and neglecting acute issues such as sexual violence against girls and women. Sexual abuse of girls in schools is an urgent issue that we all need to address. However, the Ministry of Education should get the most. This phenomenon must be fought on several levels and involves many parties, starting from an awareness of the family, schools, media and society, which should and can be done only by the state.

She also presented their requests, which were: Introduction of sex education in schools; Safe facilities for female students and Employment of social workers and psychologists in all schools.

“Therefore, today we want to turn our attention to the ministry and let them know once again that this institutional neglect must end and that the life and safety of girls in schools is in danger and as such should be addressed through genuine gender rights policies. Therefore, our requirements are clear: 1. Introduction of sex education in schools; 2. Safe environment for students; 3. Employment of social workers and psychologists in all schools. We will not stop until these three requirements are met. “Until girls and women live free from any kind of violence and control, wherever they are.”

While the Kosovo Police reacted after the publication of a video on several portals, according to which it is alleged that there was a case of sexual abuse between students in the yard of a school in the capital.

The notification of the Police states that from the school officials the Police has received a sensitive information, which has been treated in coordination with the school leaders, the officials of the Center for Work and Social Welfare and the State Prosecutor.