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Skopje, North Macedonia · est. 1996 · Private
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Yahya Kemal College is a private school network founded in November 1996 in Skopje under protocols between the Yahya Kemal secondary schools and the Ministry of Education; it is named after the Turkish poet and diplomat Yahya Kemal Beyatli, born in Skopje. The school calls itself the largest private educational network in the country. Today it has three campuses - in Skopje, in Tetovo (Bogovinje) and in Struga, each with an elementary and a high school, and in Skopje also the Gonca kindergarten. This entry is the Skopje campus at Varsavska 23 in Karpos, which also houses the general directorate; the elementary school here opened as a pilot project on 15 January 2008. The school follows the national curriculum of North Macedonia approved by the Ministry of Education and builds it on several languages. In grades 1-5 core subjects are taught in the pupil's mother tongue and English is compulsory from the first grade, Turkish is added from grade 4, and from grade 6 mathematics and science move to English and German begins. The high school, the school says, works mainly in English and keeps teaching in three mother tongues - Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish. The first high school year is an intensive English year: within a year pupils reach Intermediate or Upper-Intermediate level. From junior year pupils choose a track - mathematics and natural sciences or social sciences; the curriculum names calculus, logic, modern physics, genetics, programming and design. Graduates, the school says, speak four languages: English, Turkish, German and their mother tongue. A Cambridge programme, IGCSE, A Level and other international exams are not mentioned on the school's website. The school puts its weight on olympiads and project competitions: at international project olympiads its pupils won 76 gold, 81 silver and 90 bronze awards in the 2018-2019 school year; at the 2026 State Matura all 9 people in the country who scored 100 percent study here. Every spring the school holds a scholarship exam for ninth graders. Parents use the MyEDUcare platform with marks, attendance and homework.
Key facts
Admits from
9 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish
Admissions The Gonca kindergarten takes children from 9 months to 6 years, with applications accepted all year; groups are 9 months to 2 years, 2 to 4 and 4 to 6 years. The elementary school admits pupils to grades 1-9: the application needs two 3.5 by 4.5 cm photos, a birth certificate, a copy of the immunisation record, oral health and medical insurance documents and a dentist's certificate. For the high school, applicants submit original report cards for grades 6, 7, 8 and 9, an original citizenship document, two photos and a signed enrolment contract. Every year the school holds a 100-point scholarship exam for all ninth graders (mathematics 45, logic 24, general knowledge 31): the top 15 from all regions win a scholarship. Competitions and olympiads bring a scholarship of up to 90 percent, and state olympiads in mathematics, physics and chemistry bring a full one. The school does not say whether it admits foreign pupils.
Stages and year groups Grades kindergarten, grades 1-9, high school. The Gonca kindergarten for children from 9 months to 6 years in three groups, with a half day (7:30-12:00), full day (7:30-17:00) or extended day (7:30-18:00). Elementary school runs from grade 1 to grade 9: in grades 1-5 core subjects are taught in the mother tongue, from grade 6 mathematics and science are taught in English, and grades 7-8 have an extended course of biology, physics and chemistry. The high school starts with a year of intensive English, from junior year pupils choose a track - mathematics and natural sciences or social sciences; graduates sit the State Matura.
Address Varsavska 23, Karpos, Skopje
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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Exam results At the 2026 State Matura all 9 people in the country who scored 100 percent study at Yahya Kemal College: 5 scored 100 percent in mathematics and 4 in the mother tongue. The school does not say which campus each attends.
Where leavers go: University of Cambridge · University of Oxford · Sorbonne University
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: The Skopje campus stands at Varsavska 23 in the Karpos district, together with the Gonca kindergarten, which has a spacious garden and play area; kindergarten children get fresh, balanced meals every day. The school does not describe other campus facilities on its website.
Clubs and activities: Chess · Olympiad preparation · Video and podcasts
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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