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OSCE Skopje Mission holds courses for Kumanovo teachers on problem solving skills
SKOPJE 26 August 2004
SKOPJE, 26 August 2004 - A four-day training course for Kumanovo teachers aimed at developing communication and problem solving skills began today in Mavrovo.
Seventeen teachers from three secondary and five primary schools of Kumanovo will learn how to become mediation educators and will also focus on improving inter-ethnic communication in schools and learn how to ease possible tensions amongst students and parents.
The project, part of the OSCE Mission's broad efforts to improve inter-ethnic relations, is implemented through a local partner, the NGO Doverba, and co-funded by the Inter-ethnic Project Kumanovo (IPK).
"This course is part of a larger project", said Hedda Haars of the OSCE Mission's Kumanovo Field Office. "Over the last two weeks we have also worked with 60 students, aged 12 to 18, teaching them how to react in problematic situations, and mediate through a non-violent communication."
Following the course, participants will be able to pass on their knowledge and skills to other students and teachers-parents council members. A competition will also be held for the two best extracurricular activities to be carried out in primary and secondary schools. Representatives of the three secondary and five primary schools will work together on the activities in the two winning schools.
Seventeen teachers from three secondary and five primary schools of Kumanovo will learn how to become mediation educators and will also focus on improving inter-ethnic communication in schools and learn how to ease possible tensions amongst students and parents.
The project, part of the OSCE Mission's broad efforts to improve inter-ethnic relations, is implemented through a local partner, the NGO Doverba, and co-funded by the Inter-ethnic Project Kumanovo (IPK).
"This course is part of a larger project", said Hedda Haars of the OSCE Mission's Kumanovo Field Office. "Over the last two weeks we have also worked with 60 students, aged 12 to 18, teaching them how to react in problematic situations, and mediate through a non-violent communication."
Following the course, participants will be able to pass on their knowledge and skills to other students and teachers-parents council members. A competition will also be held for the two best extracurricular activities to be carried out in primary and secondary schools. Representatives of the three secondary and five primary schools will work together on the activities in the two winning schools.