Only two public universities, with profiles, remain in Kosovo

The report of the working group for the profile of public universities in the country is currently on the Parliamentary Commission for Education, and has been handed over to the Government.

Education Minister Shyqi Bytyqi has indicated to Radio Kosovo that two proposals have been submitted in this report: one has to do with the profile of public universities and the second to turn into two universities.

The task force formed by the Ministry of Education, which has taken up concrete proposals for the profile of public universities, has submitted the report to Government and to the Parliamentary Commission for Education.

Education Minister Shyqi Bytyqi has told Radio Kosovo that the decision on how universities will function should take over the Parliament and Government. He announced that two proposals have been submitted in this report.

“In this report, two recommendations have been given, the first is about what universities can be reduced to two public and remaining campuses that are currently universities, with the sole goal of being quality at the highest level. Do not become competition for programs that are not for the job market. The second has to do with their profile, that each university has been selected for the necessary profiles and that are the labour market requirement”, Bytyqi said.

Meanwhile, experts say the university profile report has not yet been published. The education affairs acquaintance, Dukagjin Pupovci, told Radio Kosovo that, however, a solution for these universities should be found, since, as he said, they cannot keep that number of programmes they have.

“in the first place, due to lack of qualified academic staff. Only in public institutions do we have five law and five economic faculties, while the number of lawyers and unemployed economists is huge. This gives the right to those who want to reconsider. It really needs to be seen which university the profile can offer”, Pupovci said.

Meanwhile, the Rectors' Conference has reacted to these developments, stressing that the Ministry of Education has hampered the development of public universities, failing to prosecute their statutes for approval in the country. According to the Rectors' Conference, the ministry aims to close public universities.

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