6. Education and Training
6.10 Current debates and reforms
Last update: 11 November 2025
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National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility (NAEEPM)
bul. Kuzman Josifovski - Pitu n. 17
P.O. 796
MK-1000 Skopje
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Forthcoming policy developments
Currently there is a working group who is drafting the new Law on Youth Standard. The work of the working group was delayed during the pandemic, and as of 2022, no progress has been made towards this.
Ongoing debates
Public and expert debate in 2024–2025 continues to centre on several interlinked priorities:
- Resilience and system-level reform: Stakeholders repeatedly stress the need for an adaptable education system that can respond to future shocks (health, economic, demographic). This conversation ties to the final phase of the 2018–2025 Strategy and planning for the next strategic cycle.
- Digital skills and digital transformation: Building meaningful digital competences for learners — not only access to devices — remains a top priority. Debates emphasise teacher training, curriculum adaptation, digital content and robust EMIS usage so that digitalisation improves learning outcomes rather than only changing delivery modes.
- VET relevance and labor-market alignment: There is active discussion on scaling regional VET centres, supporting dual learning approaches, and improving social dialogue so that VET pathways lead to employable qualifications and reduce skills mismatches.
- Inclusion and early childhood: Increasing preschool coverage and strengthening inclusive education (including interventions for children with special educational needs and marginalized groups) remain priorities — both to improve equity and to support longer-term human capital development.