MINELRES: Macedonia: Albanian minority university legalized as state university

Fri Jan 23 20:01:35 2004

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http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=%5C1%5CCopy%20of%20sobranie%2051.htm

PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY IN TETOVO

Skopje, January 21 (MIA) - The Macedonian Parliament passed Wednesday
the law for establishment of a state university in Tetovo with 68 votes
"for". VMRO-DPMNE and Liberal Party deputies left the session during the
vote.

"VMRO-DPMNE deputy group tried to point out the damage from passing such
a law. VMRO-DPMNE will not take part in the voting process. We do not
want to carry the historic burden, because the biggest responsibility
lies on the ones that will vote 'for'. History will tell who is right",
VMRO-DPMNE deputy Zarko Karadzoski stated.

Slobodan Danevski from the Liberal Party said that they were not ready
to vote on the law, because, according to him, it was very weak in the
normative part.

Prior to this, Minister of Education and Science Azis Polozani did not
accept any of the law amendments.

The opposition deputies asked for an explanation from Polozani about the
contradictory issues that appear in the financing of education. On one
hand, there is an increase of prices in student dormitories, but on the
other the Ministry is being renovated, along with the purchase of the
building of ZIK "Kumanovo" for Euro 750,000, thus creating segregation
of secondary education.

As stated in the legal text, one of the basic reasons for passing of
this Law is the need for creation of normative-legal framework for a
larger access in higher education of the community members, especially
the Albanian one.

This university will be comprised of Faculty of Mathematical Sciences,
Faculty of Humanist Sciences and Arts, Faculty of Economy, Law Faculty
and Center of Polytechnic Studies, as well as a higher expert school.

The means for financing of the University will be provided from the
Budget and other sources determined by law.

The 51st Parliament session will continue after a break, and its agenda
contains the draft-laws on citizenship, industrial property and
elementary education. The deputies should also review the
draft-declaration on Macedonia's request for EU membership, as well as
the draft-declaration for support of the Holy Synod of the Macedonian
Orthodox Church.
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