As part of the activities of the Roma Business Information Center in Macedonia and the successful implementation of the project - Training for new Teaching Assistants, its president Zoran Dimov had a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovakia in Skopje, HE Henrik Markus.

The purpose of this meeting, which took place at the Embassy of Slovakia, was to express great gratitude to Ambassador Markus for the selfless financial assistance from the Slovak Government for the implementation of the project "Pedagogical assistants" for helping children in primary education, which as an implementer and provider the training is ARBICM.

From this training came 10 new Pedagogical Assistants, as staff who, with the acquired certificates, carry out activities and work with children from primary schools, who have difficulties in mastering the school material.

During the meeting, Zoran Dimov expressed his gratitude to the Slovak ambassador Markus, for the selfless financial support in the implementation of the project.

On that occasion, Dimov presented him with a special plaque - a thank you card. During this meeting, Ambassador Markush expressed his satisfaction that they helped in the implementation of the trainings, and mentioned that they considered this project important, precisely because it is one of the most marginalized communities both in the world and in Macedonia, and it is the Roma community.

He mentioned that in the future the Slovak Embassy is ready to help in similar projects that are closely related to the Roma community.

The 2023/2024 school year will begin on September 1 and will last until June 17, said the Minister of Education and Science, Jeton Shaqiri at today's press conference.

According to the decision made at a government session, all primary and secondary school students will have a spring break for the first time, which will last from April 29 to May 5, a practice which the minister says is applied in several European countries and which, according to teachers and professional services, will bring better results.

Regarding textbooks, most of the textbooks for primary education that have been approved, as well as the new textbooks for the third grade, have already been delivered to schools. The remaining part, mostly the new textbooks for the sixth grade will be delivered immediately after they are approved by the Textbook Commission, and in the meantime, students will be served with auxiliary materials, which are available on the website of the Bureau of Education and Development.