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North Macedonia's Ministry–Brainster Memorandum Brings AI Into Every Secondary-School Subject

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On 18 July 2025 North Macedonia's Ministry of Education signed a memorandum with edtech academy Brainster to embed AI across every secondary-school subject, automate school administration and train teachers, backed by a free national course and a university-built AI guide.

18 July 2025
Memorandum signed
12 September 2025
Teacher training applications closed
North Macedonia's Ministry–Brainster Memorandum Brings AI Into Every Secondary-School Subject

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Ministry of Education and Science of North Macedonia; Brainster
Period
2025–ongoing
Keywords
AI literacy, teacher training, school administration, public-private partnership, secondary education

Context

On 18 July 2025, North Macedonia's Ministry of Education and Science signed a memorandum of cooperation with Brainster, a private Skopje-based digital-skills academy, to introduce artificial intelligence across secondary education. Under the agreement, AI applications span every subject and extracurricular activity rather than a single 'AI class,' and Brainster also supports integrating entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

Objectives

Minister of Education and Science Vesna Janevska framed the initiative around Macedonia's PISA results, arguing AI tools should push students toward creative thinking rather than rote recall.

Activities

Alongside the memorandum, the Ministry and the Bureau for Education Development, working with Goce Delchev University (UGD) in Štip, published an 'Artificial Intelligence Guide' for schools, and opened a public call for teachers to apply for a free 'AI in the Classroom' training course, with applications closing 12 September 2025.

Results

As of March 2026, the programme was still in its early implementation phase: a public panel on 'Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education' held in Bitola reported that workshops and classroom activities had begun building AI literacy, coding skills and digital confidence among participating teachers and students.

Conclusions

No ministry has yet published quantitative outcome data (e.g., test-score or completion-rate changes), so the practice's impact remains unverified even as its institutional and curricular scope is nationwide from the outset.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Education and Science staff, Brainster trainers and curriculum designers, Bureau for Education Development and Goce Delchev University (UGD) co-authors of the AI Guide

Conditions for success

  • Formal signed memorandum between the Ministry and a private academy
  • Published AI teaching guide co-developed with a university
  • Free, application-based teacher-training pipeline

Common failure modes

  • No quantitative outcome data published as of March 2026
  • Continuity and funding beyond 2026 unconfirmed

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