Who are we

MİHRİBAN EMİN GÜNEL SECONDARY SCHOOLMihribanLogo

Is located in the hearth of Nevşehir. This area is well –known as CAPPADOCIA which is famous for its cultural, natural and historical,heritage hosting millions of tourist every year. The school consists of totally 32 classrooms, one special education class, one autistic class, three administrator rooms and one conferance hall. Additionally, there is a library, a dining hall, a counseling service room, a science laboratory, an ICT lab, an art lab, two workshop classes and two sport rooms. There are 45 teachers, 3 administrators and 550 students in our school. We also have 14 students with special needs who have low and also high deficiencies (mental, physical and behavioral) and difficulties in learning. Two specilalized teachers with their professional helpers in this area struggle for training them. Beside this, in our school there are students who need special education but are trained in general classes not to be isolated from other students. About three millions of people leaving from their countries come to our country because of wars and political pressures. Some of them live in camping sites providing by the goverment and some of them settle in different cities in our country. Our school is in the area where a lot of refugees have been defected from their countries live in. For this reason, childrens’ of refugees’ families take education in our school. A course is given to provide these students an oppurtunity to read, write, speak and understand Turkish in our school. There are 72 immigrant and refugee students  between the age of 10 -14.

EB Comendador Angelo Azevedo,Portugal_logo

Belongs to a cluster of schools named Agrupamentobde Escolas Dr. Ferreira da Silva. It’s constituted by seven primary schools, six kindergartens and two main schools, with second and third grade (middle school) and secondary  each. The school population is composed of about 1500 students aged between 3 and 18 years old. Our school, EB Comendador Angelo Azevedo, is constituted by one primary school, one kindergarten and the main school, with second, third and secondary grades. We have students aged between 3 and 16 years old. The students’ parents and tutors have mainly the elementary education and they are mostly manufacturing workers. We try to motivate our students through a large range of projects that aim to fight learning difficulties and provide students with the necessary skills to become responsable citizens. Learning difficulties, demotivation regarding school, unhealthy eating habits, as well as the lack of ambition and self-esteem are some of the problems we are worried about. Our school has developed a project about emotional intelligence to help students who are more insecure or with other problems increase their self-esteem. The integration/inclusion of students with special needs is another of our great concerns. Digital tools have a very important role in our school. We consider these tools fundamental for the learning of our students. Workshops) within the framework of the Pestalozzi Programme of the Council of Europe. The other elements involved have various skills regarding IT, a large experience within environmental projects and activities and they have experience as far as european Projects (Comenius and Erasmus)are concerned.

EK Kavalas (School Workshops Centre) kavalas_logo

The 1st Workshop Center of Kavala (1st EK Kavalas) supports workshops in all areas of Vocational Lyceum and Public Institute for vocational Training operating in Kavala and operates in the school building located in Perigiali, Kavala.

The 1st EK Kavalas is responsible for the operation of the workshops of the schools that are housed int the school complex and are the 1st Vocational Lyceum, the 2nd Evening Vocational Lyceum, the Evening HighSchool, the Public Institute for vocational Training and the 4th Vocational Lyceum, located in a separate school complex

Colegio Virgen de la Rosalogo-fund_cajadeburgos_color

Has been a private school in the city of Burgos for the last 50 years. The school belongs to Fundación Caja de Burgos, a non-profit organization which works for the social benefit of the city of Burgos.

Virgen de la Rosa school is undergoing a renewal of its identity. The new educational proposal is inspired by the principles of humanism, addressing five axis represented in the Vitruvian man. This figure symbolizes our project today aimed at the training of men and women who can approach the ideal of knowledge and character, which define a full existence and a successful journey along life. Throughout the educational process, our school makes explicit reference to certain fundamental values, developed through the axes of culture, solidarity, initiative, nature and socialization. Due to the fact that the school is not too big, each student is treated as a unique human being, with his/her strengths and weaknesses.  All of them are  regarded as individuals, with particular attention to diversity and specific special needs. We consider that early detention of difficulties, diagnosis and derivation to specialized services in the cases which require it, and collaboration with other institutions, are fundamental when you have to give a specific answer to students’ diversity. We can say that there are so many aspects of diversity in students as the number of students in the centre, however, it is also true that there are students who, in some circumstances , both temporary or along their whole lives, require a more specialised answer. Our aims are of a broad scope:  to achieve the student’s total integration in the educational centre, whatever his/her own circumstances and characteristics are, to succeed in the total development of his/her potential, facilitate the adequate educational answer from teachers and achieve total social integration among their fellow students.When there are cases which can not be completely treated in our centre, due to its special features or seriousness, we get in contact with other institutions in order to achieve a total and coordinated line of action (Mental Disease Services, Neurology,  Specific Associations such as the ones which deal with Autism disorders, Social Services, Paediatrics, etc)

Primary school OU ,Debrca, s. Belcistalogo-probno-2x

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTRY

Official name:  North Macedonia

Location: North Macedonia is situated in Southeastern Europe, bordering Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, Serbia and Kosovo to the north, and Albania to the west.

Area: 25,713 sq. km.

Population: 2,084,367 (census from 2017)

Capital: Skopje, about 600,000 inhabitants

Ethnic composition: 64.17% Macedonians, 25.17% Albanians, 3.85% Turks, 2.66% Roma, 1.78% Serbs, 3.0% others and unspecified

State government: North Macedonia is a Parliamentary Republic

Official Language: Macedonian (Southern Slavic language)

Religions: Orthodox Christians 64, 78%; Muslim 33,33%

Time difference: Winter time: UTS +1 hours (October through March) Summer time: UTS +1 hours (April through September)

Weather: Summer temperatures: average 26º to 35ºC (40 ºC is not uncommon) Winter temperatures: average -5º to 5ºC

Country dialing code: +389

https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Macedonia

MUNICIPALITY DEBRCA

Municipality Debrca is situated in the southwest of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is in the village Belcishta . There are 30 villages in the municipality. 

SCHOOL

Primary school OU ,,Debrca,, s. Belcista is a rural school with students from the age of 6 to 14. The total number of students is 200. The school has one central unit and 10 satellite schools in different villages on the territory of the municipality Debrca. Because of the specific structure and dispersed villages the school organizes transportation  for the students to the schools. The school has children from two nationalities. So it is a multicultural school with open and constant cooperation with the local municipality, parents, employees and it has a modern and open approach towards the education without prejudice and stereotypes.

Our aims in the school year program besides other things are to build a system of positive values, respect and tolerance  between the students and the school. That is why the school focuses on projects for educational development , multiethnic integration, different generations integration and environmental education. The school has a website where events and happenings are constantly published. 

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Structure of the educational system

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/former-yugoslav-republic-macedonia_en

Key features of the Education System

The educational system in Macedonia provides schooling for about 275,000 pupils (about 13.5% of total population), out of which 192,000 in primary education and 83,000 in secondary education. The teaching in Macedonian schools is conveyed in four languages. Apart of the Macedonian language as the official language in the country, the pupils have the option to select studying in Albanian, Turkish or Serbian. In some schools the students also have the option to select non-compulsory (elective) subjects for learning about the culture and language of Aromanians or Roma people.

The curricula for the subjects in the primary and general secondary education and for the general subjects in the vocational education are prepared by the Bureau for Development of Education and for the vocational subjects by the Centre for Vocational Education and Training. The quality assurance in the educational institutions is under supervision of the State Educational Inspectorate.

Primary education (ISCED 1 and ISCED 2): in duration of nine years, free of charge and compulsory for all children aged 6 to 15, with no regards to the gender, religion and nationality. The primary education activities are defined and regulated by the Law on the Primary Education and with the Concept for Nine-years Primary Education. The mission of this sub-system is to raise, educate and guide. In the first three grades the assessment of the pupils is descriptive, and for the rest of the grades is numeric (marks 1 to 5). Private primary education schools are not recognized in Macedonian education system.