Po redaktohet Skopje (paragraf)

===Education===
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Skopje's citizenry is generally more educated than the rest of the country. For one, 16% of Skopjans have graduated from university in contrast to 10% for the rest of the country. The number of people with a complete lack of education or ones who received a partial education is lower in Skopje at 9% compared to the provincial average of 17%. 80% of Macedonian citizens who hold a PhD take up residence in Skopje.<ref name="strategija">{{cite web |url=http://www.skopje.gov.mk/en/images/File/Strategijata%20za%20LER%20na%20angliski.pdf |title=Strategy for Local Economic Development of the City of Skopje for the period 2006 – 2009 |year=2006 |publisher=City of Skopje |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414235529/http://www.skopje.gov.mk/en/images/File/Strategijata%20za%20LER%20na%20angliski.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Skopje has 21 secondary schools; 5 of which serve as general high-school gymnasiums and 16 vocational schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=31 |title=Средни училишта |year=2009 |publisher=City of Skopje |access-date=18 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512232454/http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=31 |archive-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city is also host to several higher education institutions, the most notable of which is [[Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje|Ss. Cyril and Methodius University]], founded in 1949. The university has 23 departments, 10 research institutes and is attended by an average of 50,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukim.edu.mk/en_content.php?meni=10&glavno=10 |title=Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |publisher=Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |year=2008 |access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> After the country's declaration of independence in 1991, several private universities were brought to existence. The largest private universities in Skopje are [[European University Skopje]] with 7 departments<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurm.edu.mk/faculties.html |title=Faculties |year=2009 |publisher=European University |access-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318232150/http://www.eurm.edu.mk/faculties.html |archive-date=18 March 2013}}</ref> and [[FON University]] with 9 departments respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fon.edu.mk/?ln=en |title=FON University |publisher=FON University |year=2012 |access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>