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Impact of GEMS in Macedonia

These are some of the conclusions drawn on the assessment/evaluation we have done locally in the schools:

• Notable raise in the students' self esteem when they saw that the work they've been doing for years is acknowledged both inside and outside the country. This helps them to reaffirm their identity and look inside their school and community. This is especially important for these schools, which has a population of students with many social and economic problems.
• Parents are getting acquainted with GEMS Programme goals and are getting very supportive to the whole idea of Programme. It is expected that they will be very helpful and will contribute to its development and promotion.
• It is to be noted the willingness of the teachers to participate, their interest to find out what the program was about and their approach to ILC in order to participate in the first activities.
• Partner schools are keen on being part of foreseen activities and Programme continuation.
• Local community in quite interested in the progress of this Programme. 
• Around 120 teachers and directors are trained.
• Approximately 1350 more students are able to access Internet.
• The assessment says that number of students that is working on-line is more than doubled.
• E-mail traffic per day is more than 6 times busier.
• Number of project in which GEMS schools are engaged is almost tripled.
• Some articles were published in local newspapers.
• Official opening of ILCs in presence of the local community and local educational and political authorities were organised in some schools.
• Support from Presidential Cabinet in the implementation of GEMS.
• Support from Macedonian Telecom - free lines for GEMS schools. 
• Support from Burro for Educational Development in the implementation of GEMS.
• Support from Ministry of Environment.
• Macedonian GEMS team is consist of Macedonian iEARN team, GEMS representatives from GEMS schools and advisor from Presidential Cabinet for education, one of the directors of Macedonian telecom, State Secretary for Education from the Ministry of Education and Science.

Overall evaluation of impact of GEMS in Macedonia can be found by clicking on evaluation option in the menu.