Historical Development of Preschool Education in the Republic of North Macedonia

Abstract

Preschool upbringing and education have a key meaning in the development of a person. Quality upbringing and education in early childhood is the basic for building quality, responsible individuals who are of great importance for the society as a whole. The paper analyzes the development of preschool upbringing and education in the Republic of North Macedonia from 1945 until today. The analysis is aimed at providing an insight into how the development of preschool upbringing and education in Macedonia took place over a period of time of 77 years. Attention is drawn to numerous questions about how preschool upbringing and education was organized 70 years ago and how it is organized today, in terms of: the organization of preschool institutions and care for children, as well as in relation to the staff hired to work in preschool institutions. After all these questions, we will see what the situation is today in preschool institutions, what has changed in this long period of time, and what has remained the same.

Comparison of Compulsory Education of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia

“…Croatia and Slovenia had a not-so-common past; until 1991, they were an integral part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and with their dissolution, both countries became independent republics. So far, several studies have addressed the comparison of particular segments of education in the two countries (Apostolović, 2014;Boras, 2010;Marinović Bobinac, 2007;Smilkov and Jovanova-Mitkovska, 2022;Vuk, Curić, and Jakovčić, 2008;Žnidarec Čučković, 2018) as well as comparison of education in Croatia and other neighboring countries (Duraković et al, 2018;Jovanović and Cvetković Crvenica, 2019;Runceva, 2018;Smilkov and Jovanova-Mitkovska, 2022;Vidulin, et al, 2015). However, none of the studies provided a complete picture of the compulsory education of the two countries.…”