NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN the Development of the Education in the Republic of Macedonia 2005-2015 as a precondition for the improvement of the efficiency in the education. Nonetheless, there is no comprehensive and essential analysis on the ICT importance and potentials in all areas of the educational process, and in particular regarding the ICT as the moving force of the transformations in the education through its overall integration in the educational system. Currently there is neither an easily accessible, consistent and detailed source of information for all the ICT elements in the education in the Republic of Macedonia, nor access to the outcomes of the numerous activities and investments in this area up to date. The aim of the part of the National Strategy regarding the e-education is to provide an answer to the challenges for development in this area - harmonised and aligned with the contemporary trends and standards in the European Union. 2.4.2 Objectives The increased technological literacy, starting from the educational environment, shall transform the educational system, the results of which shall be productive citizens in the process of successful integration in the global information society. The realisation of the objectives of the National Strategy in the area of e-education is to contain several coordinated and mutually aligned activities as a precondition for their successful realisation: 1. Standards: a procedure of defining national and international standards in the area of e-education and harmonization of the standards with the practices and the recommendations of the European Union; 2. Legal regulation: establishment and adoption of the necessary legal framework for realisation of the necessary activities; 3. Marketing and quality control: establishing and conducting a successful marketing campaign for all the activities and monitoring the quality of their realisation. The definition of the strategy in the area of e-education and its success is greatly dependent on the realisation of the strategies in the other ICT pillars, as well as on the realisation of certain preconditions. Standards Legal regulation ADMINISTRATION Marketing and quality control Strategy on the development ofthe information society in the e-education REALISATION OF THE OBJECTIVES Educational infrastructure ICT staff ICT literacy and contents Figure no.3 - Preconditions and objectives of the e-education Strategy NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN 37

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