Teacher preparation reforms in Kosovo

Abstract

Education is the key supporter of society, yet at the same time it is the main challenge to hu manity and society. The need for change is incontestable in all fi elds, including that of education. Education in Kosovo has taken a long, challenging and extremely diffi cult journey. Such challenging situations are a result of the low level of economic and social development in Ko sovo. Today, education in Kosovo is considered to have made signifi cant progress as a result of fundamental reforms of the education system towards standardization to the European Union education system. This paper aims to analyze the historical, political and economic infl uence on the edu cation system in Kosovo in general and the teacher education in particular, on its course to wards implementation of the objectives of the Bologna Process and integration into the Euro pean Higher Education Area (EHEA)