He promised 160 nests but built only 4, Kurti thanks for the work his government has done in education

On the government's three-year anniversary, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said he has kept his word for students when they said that higher public education would be free.

Kurt has said that in three years over 10,000 scholarships have been split.

“E we have kept our word for students when we said that higher public education would be free. At the same time, we have increased our support for them. There are a total of over 10,200 thousand scholarships for students who have been divided over the past three years. Of them, over 5,170 Elite Stock Exchange. Over 4,880 scholarships for students in the STEM fields most of them for girls and women. At the University of Pristina, the participation of girls in the STEM fields is 50%. The average of EU countries is 17%. Then over 80 scholarships for students from the ranks of no majority communities. More than 70 for students with special needs. And about 80 scholarships for distinguished students for studies abroad. ”

Kurt also talked about dol education.

The dual education that we've been talking about for a long time while we've been opposing it, is taking place while we're in government. It is one of the largest companies to connect professional schooling with the labour market, education with the economy. In the second academic year of implementation, there are a total of 12 profiles, in 21 professional schools, in 14 municipalities throughout Kosovo, in which 920 students are so far included. ”

He has said that within three years they have drafted the 2022-2026 education strategy, laws and administrative guidelines regulating the functioning of education from early childhood to higher education.

Kurt added that 280 children's assistants with special needs have been employed.

So far over 280 children's assistants with special needs have been employed. As a central level we've shared the budget for municipalities for the employment of 500 assistants. That's how we're fulfilling our promise of 500 children's assistants with special needs, because the state is witnessing mostly and primarily where needs are greater. ”

Kurti said they are investing in construction, renovation and adoption of 34 nests.

For the first time, the corresponding revision of textbooks is being made that is fundamental to establishing the quality of education and knowledge and information our students receive. On the eve of the government's three-year anniversary, the file was finalised with more than 600 pages from the review of 38 I-IX class textbooks for language and mathematics. Planning experts have estimated that 28 texts meet the 80% passability threshold, but still require improvements. ”

We returned to the ENQA as an associate member, following the expulsion of the Kosovo Agency for Accreditation in 2019. Kosovo became a full-fledged member of the “Horizon Europe” programme, which enables international co-operation in the field of research and innovation. We launched the Kosovo Intelligence System for Scientific Research (KRIS), which for the first time collected data on the country's research and innovation indicators. And after a decade, we refuncted the National Council of Science and passed the new National Science Programme for 2023-2028, which is the basic document for financing scientific research work in the country. ”