Macedonia
Background
Macedonia is a small country of two million people located on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Macedonia is a young country, having gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. At the time of its independence, Macedonia was one of the least developed former Yugoslav republics, though the country has slowly attained economic stability. As the country has developed, so has the technology infrastructure. Of the total population, 19.2% of Macedonians have access to the internet, an increase of 1200% since the year 2000. World Links' goal has been to make sure every teacher has access, thus spreading the technology to the youth of Macedonia.
World Links in Macedonia
World Links has partnered with EDC to complete the Macedonia ICT for Education and Workforce Learning Development Program (E-World). This is a project that consists of four main components. First, we are responsible for the oversight of hardware installation for the Secondary School Program. This has increased the connectivity and access to computers in the country. The second component, the development of local capacity to deliver teacher training, has made teacher training easier and more efficient. World Links and the Education Development Center (EDC) also provide ongoing local pedagogical support that assures that the training teachers get is current and relevant. Part of this includes on-line mentoring for 327 primary and 91 secondary schools. The final component is a monitoring and evaluation program. At the conclusion of this program, World Links is expected to have reached approximately 91 Secondary schools, impacting 3,032 teachers, and 327 Primary schools with 5,472 teachers impacted.
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