2025

There have been no reforms.

2024

There have been no reforms.

2023

The Ministry of Education and Culture, the chambers and local governments started the social dialogue "Learn smart, work professionally" to determine the real needs for professional profiles in secondary vocational schools for the academic year 2023/2024. The dialogue between the central government, local governments and companies took place during the months of February and March 2023, in all regions of the country. Before the start of the social dialogue, about 400 companies responded to the questionnaire about the companies' interest in participating in the creation of the dual parallels for the academic year 2022/23, and as many as 90% of the companies expressed their willingness to accept students for internships with them.

According to the Call for enrollment in the school year 2023/24 in cooperation with the municipalities and companies in the country, 6475 vacancies in 259 classes in the dual professional education have been secured. For comparison, 223 dual classes were opened in the school year 2022-2023, 97 were opened in the school year 2021/2022, and 11 in the school year 2020/2021.

In may 2023 grants have been awarded to consortia made up of companies and educational institutions for vocational education and training,  from the "Regional Challenge Fund" for the purchase of equipment that will serve to prepare students in the practical part of teaching.

The Government started a procedure to open two new regional VET centres in Strumica and Veles.