Albania

Albania in a nutshell

Source : http://www.cia.gov

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a Mediterranean country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south-east. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west, and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km (45 mi) from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea.

Albania is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Council of Europe, World Trade Organisation, Organisation of the Islamic Conference and one of the founding members of the Union for the Mediterranean. Albania has been a potential candidate for accession to the European Union since January 2003, and it formally applied for EU membership on 28 April 2009.[4]

Albania is a parliamentary democracy and a transition economy. The Albanian capital, Tirana, is home to approximately 895,000 of the country's 3.6 million people, and it is also the financial capital of the country.[5] Free-market reforms have opened the country to foreign investment, especially in the development of energy and transportation infrastructure.

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Albania education policy

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The literacy rate in Albania for the total population, age 9 or older, is about 99%. Elementary education is compulsory (grades 1-9), but most students continue at least until a secondary education. Students must successfully pass graduation exams at the end of the 9th grade and at the end of the 12th grade in order to continue their education.

Most schools are public and financed through the government, but recently several private schools of various levels have been opened.

There are about 5000 schools throughout the country.

The academic year is divided into two semesters. The school week begins on Monday and ends on Friday. Depending on the academic level, the school year usually begins in September or October and finishes around June or July. There is a winter break of about two weeks.

• Preschool education (çerdhe or kopësht): 1–4 years
• Primary education (9-vjeçare): 9 years (8 years prior to 2008)
• Secondary education:
  • Regular (e mesme or gjimnaz): 3 years
  • Vocational or Technical (teknike): 2–5 years
• Tertiary education:
  • Bachelor and Master degrees (of 3 years and 1.5–2 years respectively
• Quaternary education (doktoratë): 3 years

Higher education

HEIs in Albania

This is a list of Albanian Academic Institutions (past and present) found on Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Albanian_Academic_Institutions).

1. Academy of Arts of Tirana
2. Academy of Science of Albania
3. Agricultural University of Tirana
4. Aleksander Moisiu University
5. Aleksandër Xhuvani University
6. Eqerem Çabej Higher Pedagogical Institute in Gjirokastra
7. Eqerem Çabej University of Gjirokastra
8. Agricultural Institute of Korça
9. Military Academy in Tirana
10. Military School in Vlora
11. Pedagogical Institute in Shkodra
12. Unified Military School in Tirana
13. Luigj Gurakuqi University of Shkodra
14. Polytechnic University of Korça
15. Polytechnic University of Tirana
16. University of Tirana
17. University of Vlora
18. University of New York Tirana
19. V.I. Lenin Higher Party School
20. Vojo Kushi Institute of Physical Culture of Tirana
21. Marin Barleti University

For those who want to check against more "official" lists, visit official Albanian website of Education and Science

References

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