Republic Council on Road Traffic Safety of the

Transcript:Republic Council on Road Traffic Safety of the:
Republic Council on Road Traffic Safety of the Republic of Macedonia Traffic education within the formal primary and secondary education Everyone on this planet has the right to live. Life is a precious treasure. Children are the most vulnerable category, especially children from 6-14 years of age, particularly as traffic participants. The insufficient maturity of children, their lack of life and traffic experience on one hand and the complexity of traffic system and the exposure to the risk in the traffic on the another hand, makes the children to be the category of participants which suffer the most in traffic accidents. How to reduce the negative consequences of children's participation in the traffic and how to improve traffic safety in general? The age of 6-14 is a period when children become individuals, when they acquire proper habits and attitudes about certain aspects of human life, including traffic habits: education at the beginning of the first days of school and continuously during the whole education: basic rules and regulations for safe participation in the traffic, challenges and problems they face in the traffic system. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Primary education is defined as compulsory nine-year primary education. Secondary education (compulsory) is in duration of three or four years of education and it can be: Gymnasium Secondary vocational education Art education Traffic education in primary education Within primary education, students study subjects and programmes related to basic traffic rules and regulations. Teaching contents and plans in the field of traffic education are taught within the subject Technical education as a mandatory subject: 4th grade - once a week, 36 hours per year (6 classes per year of traffic education) 5th grade - 2 times a week, 72 hours per year (10 classes per year) 6th grade - once a week, 36 hours per year (6 classes per year) The traffic culture is also studied through teaching units included in other subjects (arts, music, mother language...) The basic traffic rules and regulations are studied in a formal and informal manner in the primary schools, especially the following topics: How to safely cross the street; What is the meaning of traffic signs; Using a safety belt; Proper riding of bicycles etc. Participation in various manifestations in the field of traffic Numerous non-teaching activities in the field of traffic education Organising traffic quizzes; Participation in the traffic educational manifestation “Children's traffic-light” Organising