Education in Macedonia

The education system of Macedonia can be divided into two divisions: the pre-higher and the higher education systems. The division of pre-higher education can be classified again into different sublevels; the preschool, from ages two to seven years; primary, attended at the age of eleven or twelve years; secondary; and high education system.

The primary level of the education system is attended in the first 8 years. Recently, the Republic of Macedonia caters approximately to 300,000 students. There were almost a hundred high schools established that cater to secondary education. Out of these 100 high schools, 3 of them are run by private and 4 of them exclusively for disabled students.

The secondary system of the Republic of Macedonia is composed of many categories- vocational education, art high school education, classical high school education, and high school education for disabled students.

There are also some existing institutes in the Republic of Macedonia. These include pedagogical academies and colleges that offer two years of program for various courses. There are also numerous universities in Macedonia that offer four year programs. Just like other universities in other countries, students are given a diploma after completing a four-year course. These diplomas are awarded to students completing their graduate degrees with professional title of lawyer, engineer, teacher, etc. at lower lever, and graduate lawyer, graduate engineer, graduate teacher, etc. at higher level.

The Secondary schools offer courses studying foreign languages. The courses offered are in the following foreign languages; English, German, French, Russian, and Italian.