The music education subject in modern educational trends in the Republic of Macedonia

One of the basic ideas in the modern education system in the Republic of Macedonia is increasing the quality of education through the concept "Child friendly school". In 2006 the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) and the office of UNICEF introduced the approach Child friendly school (CFS). In this way, our country joined countries around the world and led the initiative in Eastern Europe to introduce a holistic approach, oriented to a child in the reform of education in several schools and in the whole educational system.The school capacities with permanent training and supervisory support and with the project activities are aimed at developing several dimensions, among which inclusivity too. Besides inclusivity, children with complex needs have the opportunity to be educated in specialized schools. Considering the fact that music contributes to the development of children, especially those with special needs and to better results in other areas of educational content, in this text we were interested how and in what way are used the benefits of music education. For that purpose, our case studies were educational institutions for children with special needs in the capital city and the teaching plan and program for the music education subject. The analysis showed that there is a large space and necessity of using music as the most flexible and functional tool in the educational process of this population