ministry of education

Peja, Mitrovica and Prizren’s public universities lose accreditation

Public universities in Prizren, Peja and Mitrovica lost their accreditation for the academic year 2019/2020, making it impossible for students of these regions to enroll for classes starting in September.

Education strike continues into its second week

Despite attempts to end the teachers’ strikes in force across Kosovo, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s proposal for a 10 per cent salary increase for teachers was rejected by the teachers’ union, as strikes continue.

Haradinaj shakes up UP to help enrollment of adviser’s son

A university transfer request from medical students in Macedonia, including son of advisor to Haradinaj, has been pushed to the UP senate with the help of the Kosovo prime minister.

Kosovo Education Minister Bytyqi aims to reform higher education

In a sit-down interview with Prishtina Insight, Education Minister Shyqyri Bytyqi explained his plan to implement a major overhaul of Kosovo’s higher education system.

This year in higher education

Kosovo’s PISA results remained in focus for the education sector throughout 2017, but it was the University of Prishtina that took center stage, as activists and academics focused on systemic issues plaguing the country’s oldest institution of higher education.