[hr-education] OSCE Skopje Mission helps train teachers to work in multi-ethnic pre-schools

SKOPJE, 16 December 2005 - Raising the standards of pre-school education
and ensuring the inclusion of all ethnic groups, especially marginalized
ones, was the aim of a series of workshops that ended today in Skopje.

Twenty school teachers of different ethnic backgrounds from five
pre-schools were trained under the project, supported by the Ministry of
Labour and Social Policy and the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.

"We are confident that this type of project will contribute, through the
education system, to the peaceful and harmonious development of civil
society, which would respect the ethnic identity and the interests of all
citizens," said Brenda Gallagher, an OSCE Mission Education Development
Officer. "This kind of education can help prevent possible ethnic
conflicts."

A number of recommendations from the OSCE High Commissioner on National
Minorities were used for the development of the training programme,
methodologies and materials.

Verica Mojsovska, a pre-school teacher, said: "Thanks to our Ministry and
the OSCE, I learned new interactive teaching methods and understood better
the benefits and challenges of a multi-ethnic society. I am looking
forward to using these skills to improve inter-cultural dialogue in
pre-schools among kids and teachers."

OSCE Press release

Sally Broughton
Acting Spokesperson
11 Oktomvri str. 25, QBE Building
MK-1000 Skopje
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 323 4619
+389 70 254 038 (mobile)
Fax: +389 2 323 42 34

 

 

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