Education Sector Growth Required

The “Campaign for Better Education in Kosovo”, which is being supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, along with GIZ and other international partners, aims at awareness of decision-making factors and society for education to become a top priority of the Government of Kosovo. For establishing the quality of education in the country, this campaign [...]
For establishing the quality of education in the country, this campaign finds it necessary to increase the education budget.
The main mention is textbooks that should be in line with international standards, pre-school education, training of school principals, better involvement of parents and students, and the involvement of students by the minority community.
GIZ representative Boris Scharlowski on the “Robikon” show, KTV, has said one of the main requirements for the government is the growth of the budget.
“One of the main requirements for the government was to increase the budget because it's certainly not everything in the money, but it's also about money. One of the lessons learned by our PISA conference, at the end of November, we organised a high-level conference, as long as the country does not reach the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development average (OECD) in spending education money, there is a high need to spend extra para”, he said.
Scharlowski mentioned the time the test results were released P ISA in 2016, for which she was concerned not to respond to her parents and students.
There was a powerful reaction from the media, but almost no response from parents and students, and I think that's crucial because we're talking about their future”, he said.
Education Minister Fatmir Bytyqi has said investment in the field of education should continue, but according to him, only money cannot raise its quality.
But it's not just money that can help the educational system, but the main thing is to increase accountability. From teachers to us we should be more responsible to raise the quality of education”, Bytyqi said.
Ismajl Kurteshi, deputy and part of the Parliamentary Commission for Education, has said the challenge of education is pre-school, as according to him, children do not go to pre-school schools but to unlicensed nurserys.
We as commissions have organised two debates, one has been the challenges and education in pre-school education and the second for the education of persons with special needs. It has been requested by the Ministry of Education to invest more, especially in preschoolers. Most children go to unlicensed nests and are not controlled by the Ministry”, Kurteshi said.
Fatmir Gashi, deputy minister of finance, has said that for investments in education, the possibility of combining financing should be seen. It has cited public-private partnership and soft loans as opportunities to increase quality and infrastructure in education.












