PLAGIARISM AS A CURRENT PHENOMENON IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

The phenomenon of plagiarism and its prevention in higher education becomes more important issue in the contemporary academic community, which represents a generally growing approach. A very important issue in the plagiarism discussion that is often overlooked is that it can have significant adverse effects in every academic institution. But unlike most European countries, Balkan universities are also faced with another urgent problem - their academic staff dishonesty. The paper discusses the treatment of this occurrence in different legislation in the Republic of North Macedonia, the measures that have been taken, as well as its handling in higher education institutions rules and regulations. The context, the forms, the detection and its consequences, investigation of the plagiarism in the academic institutions of our country and most importantly its avoidance were categorized. The summary of this paper shows that our country needs professional improvements to increase the academic performance in education