Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation (Mar 2017)
CELEBRATION OF DECEMBER 3RD, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Abstract
On December 2nd 2016 in the main amphitheater at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, was held the celebration of December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in organization of the Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation. The official part of the program was started with a speech by Goran Ajdinski, PhD, the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. The guests at the celebration were also greeted by the Rector of the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje, Nikola Jankulovski, PhD and the Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Republic of Macedonia, Frosina Tashevska-Remenski, PhD. After the speeches, which highlighted the current efforts and future commitment to inclusion and accessibility of persons with disabilities, two awards were presented by the Humanitarian foundation “Prof. d-r Ljupco Ajdinski”. The first award was given to Simona Kostadinova as the student with achieved highest grade point average of 9.65 in the generation 2011/12 during the studies of Special education and rehabilitation. The second award was intended for the highest ranked student at the university admission in 2016/2017. This award belonged to Nadica Gjerasimova who had 97.70 points on the official rank list. Beside the awards, two acknowledgements for humanity were also given by the Foundation “Prof. d-r Ljupco Ajdinski”. For the longstanding human activity in preparation of special education and rehabilitation staff and education and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, the first acknowledgement was given to the Institute of Special education and rehabilitation. The second acknowledgement was meant for Kiril Temkov, PhD, about his numerous initiated and organized human activities, especially for the published paper on the ethical dimensions of special education and rehabilitation and introduction of Ethics in the education system in Republic of Macedonia. The last part of the program was intended for cultural and art performances of the students from special and regular schools and institutions for education and rehabilitation in the country. In this part of the celebration, the students from the Institute for Rehabilitation of Children and Youth-Skopje took part by poetry reading, the students form DUCOR “Partenija Zografski” performed a dance on music from Michael Jackson, and the students from the elementary school “Vlado Taseski” had a music performance of two songs with sign language translation. The program was enriched with the ballet performance of the students from the special school “Idnina” and the students from DURDMOV “Dimitar Vlahov” had two music performances, vocal and instrumental. The program was completed with a folklore dance of the students from the Center for rehabilitation of children with impaired hearing, speech and voice and other development problems “Kocho Racin” – Bitola.
