FYI,

At the end of this student year 2011/2012, on Thursday 5 july 2012, the prizes for the best students participants in the project "Macedonia on Wikipedia" were awarded. Prizes were awarded by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Mr. Safet Neziri [1] in the presence of the rector of SEEU [2], Mr. Zamir Dika [3], the dean of FINKI [4], Mr. Dimitar Trajanov [5], the dean of FSNT [6] Mr. Bekim Fetaji [7], prof. Katerina Zdravkova [8] from FINKI, assistant Shpetim Latifi [9] from FSNT, other professors [10] from both faculties, the representatives from the Ministry of Education and Science, the representatives from Wikimedia Macedonia [11] as well as students from both faculties.

The solemn ceremony was held at the Southeast European University campus in Skopje, an event organized by the rector of SEEU - Mr. Zamir Dika. (You can read the report from this event [12], [13])

Implementation of the project "Macedonian Wikipedia" will increase the number of articles related to Macedonia on Wikipedia and the increasing use of free content available on the Internet in the teaching process in state and private educational institutions in Macedonia. Ministry of Education and Science is the sponsor of the project "Macedonia on Wikipedia".

Students were processed on average 3-4 quality articles related to their study, that made hundreds of new and quality articles. It is interesting to note that students from FSNT have been working on the Macedonian and Albanian Wikipedia, which gives a special dimension to the project because it allows students from other linguistic communities to contribute to their native language.

The best students were promoted after evaluation of their mentors, and committee of deans of both faculties and a representative of the Working Group of the Ministry of Education and Science established for the project "Macedonia on Wikipedia." The Deputy Minister gave the students first, second and third prize.

The following students were awarded: Bisera Dugalicstudent at FINKI - first prize, Ljiridon Selmani student at FSNT - second prize and Drini Aliu student at FSNT - third prize. These awards will contribute towards these students in earning a scholarship from the Ministry of Education and Science. The process of awarding is an important component of the project, which pays tribute to hardworking students for their work.

In future the project should be extended to other faculties of all universities, secondary schools and later primary schools. Experiences from the project of these two faculties in the future we will implement to the other faculties.

[1] http://mon.gov.mk/en/ministerstvo/zamenikminister [2] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/ [3] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/~z.dika http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/%7Ez.dika [4] http://www.finki.ukim.mk/en/home [5] http://www.finki.ukim.mk/en/staff/dimitar-trajanov [6] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/cst [7] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/~b.fetaji http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/%7Eb.fetaji [8] http://www.finki.ukim.mk/en/staff/katerina-zdravkova [9] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/~sh.latifi http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/%7Esh.latifi [10] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/faculties/cst/cst-staff [11] http://mk.wikimedia.org http://mk.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0 [12] Report from the event http://mk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012.07.05_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82_%E2%80%9E%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%E2%80%9C [13] http://www.seeu.edu.mk/en/information/news-events?id=711, Best Students Prizes for the Enrichment of Wikipedia pages were Awarded

Best regards,

========================== Dimce Grozdanoski President of Wikimedia Macedonia