TIRANA, Nov 21 /ATA/ Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Besa Shahini, underlined the fact that next year’s budget will be bigger than the preceding years.
Shahini had a hearing at Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance in the frame of draft law on 2020 budget.
Minister Shahini cited the scholarships for nearly 12 thousand students, reduction by half and exemption from tuition fees for nearly 90 thousand students, digital library, improvement of dormitory conditions, investments in university campuses, distribution of student’s cards, employment of excellent students in civil service, National Mentorship Programme, etc.
As to pre-university system, Shahini said: We are working to increase twice as many the number of psychologists and social workers, we are training teachers and building schools in urban areas where a two-shift system continues to be in place.
To sum up, Shahini said, the MESY is in service of youths and youngsters.
“To that end, I am pleased that education sector sees a budget increase which will lead to improvement of quality in education.”
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