Private Yahya Kemal College is one of 27 high schools in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Yahya Kemal College, established in 1996, is the first private college in Macedonia, which is accredited by the Macedonian Ministry of Education. Yahya Kemal Colleges take its name from the Turkish Poet Yahya Kemal Beyatli who was born in Skopje by the end of 19th century. Yahya Kemal Colleges differ from other public schools in its multi-ethnic structure. The ethnical background, religion or sex of the students have no importance in school admissions. Yahya Kemal Colleges gained the attention of the whole county with its success in national and international Olympiads in different areas like maths, physics, chemistry, languages, art etc, in a short period. Because of the great interest in the school, the College administration had to open two more subsidiary schools (Gostivar, 1999 and Struga, 2002) Private Yahya Kemal Colleges are co-educational schools with 772 pupils, 92 administrators and teachers with 55 auxiliary staff. Yahya Kemal Colleges award diplomas to its graduates in 2 languages; Macedonian and English. The school buildings are life centers for the pupils with its lab, cafeteria, cinema, gymnasium, football fields and basketball courts; and dorms for boys and girls. Every obligation by the ministry of education is met by the school and therefore state matura (final examinations) will be applied in our schools for our final year(12 th graders) students.
First Yahya Kemal College opened with a ceremony and was graced by the presence of the Ambassador of Turkey and Mayor of Skopje. It is located nearly in the center of the city. The old building provided was used as a public school. After many restorations at different times the building has achieved its present appearance.
In the 2005-2006 educational year Yahya Kemal Colleges prodeuced its 7th year of graduates.
Since 12 different ethnic groups are represented in Yahya Kemal Colleges,English, Macedonian and Turkish languages are taught.There are also mother tongue classes for Albanians, Macedonians and Turkish students.
Gostivar branch functions on the same model as in Skopje. English, Macedonian and Turkish language classes are presented. Science lessons are taught in English.Breakfast,lnch and supper are served at the school. Lab, cafeteria, cinema, football, basketball, billiard,table football and dorm facilities are provided.
In the 2005-2006 educational year Yahya Kemal Colleges produced its 4th year of graduates.
Because of the increasing popularity of the Yahya Kemal Colleges in Skopje and Gostivar, citizens of Struga and Ohrid insisted on the opening of an additional school in Struga. And thus the subsidiary school of Struga joined the Yahya Kemal College family in 2002.
The school functions completely the same as all the other sister colleges. It has similar facilities except for the dorms.
In the 2005-2006 educational year Yahya Kemal Colleges produced its 1st year of graduates.
The Yahya Kemal Private College is your best choice for education! It is established in 1996 and it is the first private secondary school opened with the approval of the ministry of education of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. Due to the great interest and complete realization of the aims and the mission of the college, an educational branch in Gostivar was opened in 1999 and another in Struga in 2002. For the students that are coming from the other cities of the country, the college has own accommodation and housing facilities.The dormitories are suitably arranged to satisfy the needs of the students. Beside the wholly attendance of the educational activities, the students in the campuses have the possibility to be occupied with other activities in the area of culture and sport. Although the college is functioning as an educational center,it also represents the center of the lives of the students who decide to educate there.The College promotes an open door to the high quality education and studying. It helps the students to realize their potential and to acquire quality education, relevant to the needs of the society and the country, as well the global trends. Students in the school register by taking the entrance exam in their native language.With the entrance exams students compete with other high achievers from the primary schools from all cities and regions in the country, without any consideration or discrimination of their ethnical background, religion, race or sex. The multicultural orientation of the college is considered as a mosaic of art.The duration of the education at the college is four years. At the successful completion of their education, students receive diplomas in Macedonian and English languages. Students that have passed the entrance exam mainly study or upgrade their level and knowledge of English, Macedonian and Turkish. English is taught intensively in the first year with 16 classes per week.The most modern methods and technical aids are utilised in teaching,learning and acquiring the English language. After the intensive phase of language studying and learning in the second, third and fourth grades,maths, physics, chemistry, biology and IT are learnt in English. For these subjects the college has laboratories which has modern technical facilities where experiments supports theory. Students has endless possibilities to perform experiments from their textbooks. This allows students to define their affinities for,example, chemistry or physics or maybe biology for that matter.And this is surely one of the factors why students from YK are so successful achievers in the national and international contests and Olympiads.
Why do students decide to study at YK College? Students at YK College are encouraged to participate in different educational activities and thus have complete freedom to discover their talents and abilities. One of the student services at the College is to support students in decision making regarding further academic,educational or career development. Students have the opportunity in getting support and advice in choosing their appropriate university education and assistance during the application process to these universities. Activities undertaken by the college: The College organizes different educational and science activities such as: national, regional and international contests, Olympiads for almost all subjects that are studied in the school, science, language and culture fairs, sport activities, picnics, excursions abroad such as to England, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Austria, Albania and many other countries . Our school participates,among others,in these activities: