UNICEF reported that the list of 178 schools assessed as in need of rehabilitation and officially submitted to UNICEF by the Ministry of Education and Science was shared with IMG.

As agreed at the previous meeting, UNICEF provided the participants with:

-list of schools provided with school furniture (chairs, desks, blackboards, wood stoves);
-list of schools that UNICEF is rehabilitating;
-list of schools in the wider Skopje area with rehabilitation needs (provided by OSCE);
-updated rehabilitation list.

Solidarites reported that the unfinished works (toilets) in the schools in Vistica and Otlja will be finished in 2 weeks.

Regarding the examination of 3 pupils that need to receive certificates in order to be able to continue their education in some of the secondary schools in Macedonia, UNICEF informed that a meeting was held today (04/04/2002) in PS Braka Ramiz i Hamid where all the necessary details were discussed and agreed.

UNICEF informed that Albanian speaking children settled in CC Katlanovo have not been attending school for 2 weeks. UNICEF and UNHCR will investigate the reasons for the drop out.

UNICEF started the implementation of Creativity, Lifeskills and Tolerance Promotion programmes for children and youth in the Tetovo Pioneer House.

The School Support Units (SSU) in Katlanovo and Suto Orizari have just started working (the implementing agency is still negotiating with the school in Trubarevo). It was made clear that the SSUs are only additional support for the pupils that regularly attend school and they are not supplementary to the regular classes.

The Ministry of Education and Science together with respective institutions are working on Human Rights curriculum development.

4.AOB
Nothing to report.