NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN 38 The objectives of the National Strategy for Information Society Development in the area of eeducation are grouped in three groups: educational infrastructure, ICT staff and ICT literacy and contents. The realisation of the defined objectives for each of the groups will be performed by focusing on specific areas and activities. Objectives in the area of the educational infrastructure: O.1. Better connection of the entities in the area of education, science and culture; O.2. Increase and standardisation of hardware and software equipment among the relevant entities in the area of education, science and culture; O.3. Fast and cost-effective access to Internet for all legal and natural entities participating in the educational process; O.4. Development of management information system for education; O.5. Creation and support of the existing research and innovation centres and technology transfer centres; O.6. Introduction of e-technologies certification centres. Objectives in the area of ICT staff: O.7. Overview of the ICT presence in the primary and secondary school education; O.8. Promotion of the ICT contents in the primary and secondary school education, curricula and profiling of the staff; O.9. Distance learning systems, e-learning, lifelong learning and flexible way of learning by using ICT; O.10. Coordination and promotion of the ICT education in the higher education institutions, specialised faculties and ICT curricula; O.11. Diminishing of the brain-drain of the newly educated staff; Objectives in the area of ICT literacy and contents: O.12. Adjustment of the civil education with the aim of educating the citizens to use the e-services; O.13. Provision of acquiring continuous digital literacy (ICT literacy) for all, by adapting to certain professional needs; O.14. Introduction of national and foreign certificates for acquired ICT knowledge; O.15. Publishing ICT literature in standard and multimedia format; O.16. Creation and use of information in electronic form - library stocks also in the areas related to the education: research institutions, museums and cultural institutions and provision of virtual working environments. 2.4.3 Strategic measures and responsible authorities Entities and responsible authorities for implementation of activities In order to have a successful implementation of the National Strategy, coordination and participation of all relevant entities in the field of education is necessary. In the process of realisation of the given tasks these entities will be the primary responsible authorities and/or objects for the activities to be defined: • Ministry of Education and Science; • Primary schools and high schools; • Universities, faculties and other institutions that provide a high-level education; • MASA (Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts); NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN