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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.

After PISA, a rural Kosovo school faces a new curriculum and the smell of bean stew

While the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology promotes a new teaching methodology, schools in Kosovo are faced with more basic challenges.

Functionally Illiterate: Why did Kosovo perform so poorly in PISA?

Reforms focusing on digitalization will not save Kosovo’s education system, which needs to build itself up from the basics.

Kosovo’s education system amongst worst in the world

New educational assessment results from PISA rank Kosovo as one of the countries with lowest performance in math, science, and reading, trailing behind its regional counterparts.


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BIRN report presentation “Challenges of Counter-Terrorism Prevention Mechanisms in Kosovo,” on Dec 17 in Prishtina. Photo: BIRN

BIRN Report Highlights Kosovo’s Struggle to Detect Early Warning Signs of Terrorism and Radicalisation
Pictures of children killed during the war are on display at the exhibition 'Once upon a time and never again' in memory of children killed during the 1998-2000 war, in Prishtina, Kosovo. Photo: EPA/Valdrin Xhemaj

Kosovo Government Unveils Plan for Museum of Genocide

Headcount Results Show Kosovo Faces Declining Population and Rising Urbanization
Ulpiana Forum Discussion on Global Diaspora Strategies for Combating Misinformation held in Prishtina, December 11, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Ulpiana Forum Discussion: Global Diaspora Strategies For Combating Misinformation

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