IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN PRACTICE, THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN KOSOVO, DURING THE PERIOD 2008 -2013

Although environmental education in the Republic of Kosovo is not fully integrated into the curricula for formal education at different levels of education and teacher education, I have specifically focused on the Lower secondary school level because primary education is basic and compulsory for every Kosovo citizen. In this sense, pupils at primary level need to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes at an early age to enable them live sustainably in their environment after completing school. Another reason for my focus on primary education is that since in environmental education we are concerned with helping learners develop knowledge, skills, values and attitudes concerning the environment, it is appropriate to be taught at this stage because it is easy to mould a young person., it is believed that the primary school years are an important level of education because the learners at this stage develop most of their physic-neurological capacity quite early in life. Therefore, learning especially of attitudes and values is important to be learnt at an early age so that they can take action in addressing environmental problems. Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystems in order to live sustainably. Lectures during these six years were held, almost throughout the territory of the republic.Professional lectures are developed starting in 2008 (7 municipalities and 7 schools), 2009 (11 municipalities 14 schools), 2010 (7 municipalities 19 schools), 2011 (2 municipalities and 4 schools), 2012 (4 municipalities and 7 school) and 2013 (2 municipalities and 3 schools).