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LAW ON PRIMARY EDUCATION

1995

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Article 8

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(2) For the persons belonging to nationalities the education and instruction are carried out in their language, as determined by law.

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Article 13

(1) In primary schools, political and religious organization and activities are forbidden.

(2) In primary schools, organization of religious education is not allowed.

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Article 67

(1) Teacher, skilled counselor and a tutor may be a person who, besides conditions set up in Article 66 of this Law, satisfies the following requirements:

- to be a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia;
- to be in a good health and physical condition;
- to know the Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet; and
- not to be convicted of crimes against dignity and morality.

(2) Persons of paragraph 1 of this Article, except the teachers of Macedonian language, should, in the classes in which the instruction is carried out in the language of nationalities, know the language and alphabet in which the instruction is carried out.

(3) Exceptionally, if a teacher, who knows the language of a subject nationality, cannot be provided, then, but only temporarily, the instruction may be carried out by a teacher who does not know the language of the subject nationality.

(4) The primary school institutions are obliged to arrange a test of the teachers' knowledge of the instruction language pursuant to the paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article.

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Article 81

(1) The pedagogical documents and records are being written and issued in Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet.

(2) For pupils who attend the instruction in one of the languages of nationalities, the pedagogical documents and records are registered and issued both in the Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet and in the language and alphabet of the nationality, while the pedagogical evidence is written in the language and alphabet in which the instruction is being carried out.

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Source: Unofficial translation
"Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia", No. 44/95


Note:
In Macedonian language the term "nationality" is used meaning "national or ethnic minority"


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