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Prof. Dr. Naim Hasani-Director of Higher Education Department Qamile Sinanaj-Head of NARIC Kosova, Higher Education Department Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Kosovo
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The change came as a result of MEST commitment to increase the autonomy of the University.
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A new Law on Higher Education (nr. 04/L-037) has entered into force on 15 September 2011. Under the new Law, public money would be made available on the basis of: Agreement between MEST and institutions about their strategic plans for the period with these agreements to extend for a longer period of time. A performance agreement between MEST and institutions, which is monitored annually, and allocations will be made by MEST only on the basis of satisfactory institutional performance.
Funding institutions either from public funds (i.e. taxation) from private sources (including students and their families/employers via fees).
Providing student support. Student support can come in the form of either grants or loans.
The new Law gives a general power to the Ministry to make such arrangements.
% GDP spent on HE, 2008 Kosovo Croatia Serbia Montenegro Slovenia OECD mean 0.60 0.72 0.90 1.10 1.26 1.30
Establish a Higher Education Management Information System the system may provide relevant information on the higher education institutions in Kosovo needed for evidence-based policy making. the system will be useful for planning student quotas in future as well as for financial planning purposes and system and institutional performance measurement and benchmarking.
Study Programs in line with labor market needs Central authorities, through MEST, may ensure the labor market needs are assessed while Universities revise their study programs accordingly as well as develop news ones as needed and possible. The labor market needs assessment may particularly be of use for the eventual development of post-secondary vocational training that new law on higher education enables. Kosovo Accreditation Agency shall use the labor market needs when assessing the quality of programs in terms of relevance of the respective programs. Support is needed in financing the needs assessment, including developing a process and instruments for this to happen on a continuous basis. (MEST Strategic Plan 2005-2015; revised March 2012)
World Bank has financed the new Law on Higher Education and is continuing to support its implementation. MEST sees World Bank as a very important partner in improving Kosovos Higher Education Sector and appreciates a lot its commitment.