POLITIKA E ARSIMIT DHE ND

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MINISTRIA E ARSIMIT, SHKENCËS DHE TEKNOLOGJISË E
KOSOVËS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY OF KOSOVA
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CURRICULA FOR PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KOSOVA Arbnor Pajaziti,
University of Prishtina
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Objectives

• To create the possibilities for new curricula
  culture in Kosova.
• New curricula will enable the students and the
  youth of Kosova to develop and cultivate the new
  skills in social life and labor market.
• Subject curricula provides the development in
  equity manner of the students knowledge, skills,
  values, sustainable and behaving models.

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Expected results

• All the children in Kosova are educated in the
  schools based on the new curricula, which
  respects differences and implements the
  relevances of content and education methods
• Kosovan children will be integrated in the modern
  education process with a new education and
  learning methodology for long life learning.

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International Support

• The International Experts have been identified in
  order to provide advices and technical assistance
  on the curricula development, as follows Nine
  experts from Slovenia and three from Albania.
  British Office and partially French Office in
  Kosova supported the process with experts and
  financial means. There were also the experts from
  USA, Kanada, participating with lectures to
  local experts.
• The experts have been engaged in order to ensure
  the inter-curricula issues health education,
  human rights and gender issues.

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A Field/Subject structure of the Expert Group
contains
International Expert
Main Coordinator
Coordinator of the Subject
1rst Expert of the Subject
2nd Expert of the Subject
3rd Expert of the Subject
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Long Term Strategy
Long term dynamic plan for development of subject
curricula according to phases from year 2002/03
until 2007/08
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Accomplished activities

• Within the period April-June 2003, four Seminars
  took place.
• In the Seminar that took place on April in
  Gjakova, the Standards of Subject and Goal for
  three levels primary school, lowerer secondary
  school and upper secondary school have been
  finished.
• During the Seminars on May and June 2003, many
  experiences on development of curricula from
  other countries have been analyzed and the
  teaching programs for Subjects of grade 1, 6, 10
  as well as the instructions for pre-schooling
  have been compiled.

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Accomplished activities

• Curricula for the grade 1,6,10 as well as for the
  pre-schooling has been finalized.
• Curricula for the grade 1,6,10 has been approved
  by the Ministry of Education, Science and
  Technology (MEST).
• Three books for the Curriucula of the grade
  1,6,10 have been published.
• The teaching programs for the minorities mother
  tongues, history and arts have been compiled,
  while other teaching programs have been
  translated from albanian language into serbian,
  bosnian and turkish.

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Accomplished activities

• Information Seminars for all teaching staff that
  give the lectures to the grade 1,6,10 have been
  organized.
• The training of the Subject experts on
  implementation of new teaching programs took
  place.
• Training for the implementation of teaching
  programs for implementation of teaching programs
  with all teaching staff for grades 6 and 10 of
  all the territory of Kosova as well as the
  teachers of the grade 1 in all municipalities has
  been organized.

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Textbooks

• There have been published almost all the
  textbooks for grade 9.
• According to the Law on Primary and Secondary
  Education Section 3, Subsection 3.2, textbooks in
  the first level (grade) are gratis, whereas in
  the second and third grade are provided by the
  government, if they have financial means.
• There have been published almost all the Manuals
  for Subjects for grade 10.

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Test of achievements

• The test of achievements for the grade 9 has been
  developed.
• The test has been evaluated and the criteria of
  registration of the grade 10 has been defined.

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Budget for Phase 1 2002-3
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Development of teaching programs for grade 2,7,11
and pre-primary level

• The preparations for development of teaching
  programs for the grade 2,7,11 and pre-primary
  level have been done.
• Working plan for development of teaching program
  for grade 2,7,11 and pre-primary has been
  defined.
• The group of Subject Experts for grades 2,7,11
  and pre-primary has been established.

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So far activities

• The first meeting with experts took place.
• The analysis and review of existing teaching
  programs according the levels 1-5, 6-9 and 10
  12 or 13 took place.
• The finalization of the Content and Achievement
  Standards according the levels has been done.
• The objectives of the first Seminar for
  development of teaching programs have been
  defined.

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Obstacles

• Short time for compiling the teaching programs.
• Small possibility on communication with
  international experts.
• Short time of preparing for teacher training.
• Identification of international experts.

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Plans for the future

• PRIORITIES
•  Identification of international experts for
  development of new curricula.
•  Preparing of teaching programs for grade 2,7,11
  as well as pre-primary level through
• Training Seminars
• Public discussion with teachers, education
  officers, citizens, media, institutions etc
• Finalization of curricula for grade 2,7,11 as
  well as pre-primary level.

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Further activities

• Evaluation of curricula from the Expert Council
  and textbooks from the MEST.
• Approval
• Publication and distribution of documents
  together with teaching programs for the grade
  2,7,11 as well as pre-primary level.

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Further activities

• Teacher training for implementation of new
  teaching programs.
• Development of text books and other teaching
  sources for the grade 2,7,11 as well as
  pre-primary level.
• Development of the national test.