The Law on Primary Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 44/95 from 20.09.1995), prescribed primary education in duration of eight years, compulsory for all children from 7 to 15 years of age.

With the changes and amendments to the Law on Primary Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 63/04 from 20.09.2004) primary education became compulsory for all children as a rule from 6 – 15 years of age and included: preparatory year, four years of grade teaching and four years of subject teaching.

With the Law on changes and amendments to the Law on Primary Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 51 from 24.05.2007) primary education is compulsory for all children from 6 – 15 years of age. Primary education lasts for 9 years and is organized in three periods.