Challenges Faced by the Higher Education in North Macedonia - Dashmir Idrizi - Bog

Since higher education is one of the most important segments of social life, it is reasonable that through a retrospective of the events and development of language education Albanian to offer the public a real overview of this issue. The legitimate right to higher education in the mother tongue is guaranteed by international acts, however the journey to the practical realization of this right within the public system in the Republic of Moldova was difficult and in this direction concrete activities that have been undertaken will be added to the work. starting from the civic initiative to the officialization of higher education in the mother tongue. Initially, importance is given to a history of the development of higher education in general in the Republic of Moldova, but the position of Albanians in this system is also examined. What was the commitment of the Albanian cadre in higher educational institutions, the time when the representation of Albanian students began to flourish. But, unfortunately, this flourishing lasted very little, since after the demonstrations of 1981 in Pristina and beyond, the exclusion of teachers began to slowly emerge, which later resulted in the closure of all courses where teaching was conducted in the Albanian language. Further in this topic, we elaborate on what has to do with the beginning of the opening of higher educational institutions such as UT and then UEJL, where Albanians for the first time in the country where they live, that is, in North Macedonia, were given the right to education in the Albanian language, the legalization process and then the challenges he faces today.