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North Macedonia student meal subsidy dispute

Overview

In North Macedonia, political and student groups are advocating for reforms to the student meal subsidy system due to rising living costs.

The Levica political party proposed legislative amendments to link the daily meal subsidy to 1% of the minimum wage, which would allow for automatic adjustments. Their proposal also includes extending benefits to part-time students and removing income requirements to ensure more students qualify.

Concurrently, university student assemblies are demanding an increase in the daily allowance from 140 to 200 denars, citing that food prices have risen by over 40 percent in three years. While the Minister of Education and Science proposed a symbolic increase to 147 denars based on a 5.2 percent inflation rate, students have rejected this as insufficient and have threatened protests.

Entities

Vesna Janevska · Levica · Redžep Ismail · Ministry of Education and Science

Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 8 sources
    North Macedonian students demand higher meal subsidies

    North Macedonian students are demanding a daily meal subsidy increase to 200 denars, rejecting a proposed 147-denar limit set by the Ministry of Education due to high inflation.

  2. [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Levica proposes linking student meal subsidies to minimum wage

    The Levica party proposes linking North Macedonia's student meal subsidy to 1% of the minimum wage and extending benefits to part-time students and all days of the week.

Sources

a1on.mk · almakos.com · antropol.mk · panoptikum.mk · racin.mk · telegrafi.com · tetova1.mk · tetovasot.com · trn.mk · ts.mk · utrinskivesnik.mk