Open AccessICT Standards in South Eastern Europe (SEE) Education: Macedonian Case
Author(s) -
Liljana Gavrilovska,
Vladimir Atanasovski
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of ict standardisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2245-800X
pISSN - 2246-0853
DOI - 10.13052/jicts2245-800x.123
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , macedonian , curriculum , political science , momentum (technical analysis) , economic growth , business , regional science , economics , geography , philosophy , linguistics , finance , law
The Standards Education (SE) in the field of ICT gains increasing momentum worldwide. The strategic value of the ICT standards and their influence on the economy proves essential towards countries’ development and their economic growth. This paper overviews the relevant current SE initiatives with a special emphasis on the South Eastern Europe (SEE) case and Macedonia. It discusses the level of ICT penetration, the recognition of the SE importance and the involvement of the relevant stakeholders in the SE curricula design on various education levels in Macedonia. Finally, the paper pinpoints the future directions towards transparent and harmonized SE.