The Parliamentary Committee on Education has proposed amendments to the Academic Staff Development Act (ASDA), which aim, broadly speaking, to achieve two main things: To add the possibility of revoking doctoral degrees and dismissing university professors who are found guilty of plagiarism. In the event of systematic violations (at least three academics …

According to a series of state strategies, "informatics, information and communication technologies are a national priority." However, according to the actual actions of the Ministry of Education and Science, the following things are happening: They are forcibly closing classes in mathematics high schools in Ruse, Burgas, Vratsa and Plovdiv so that students can enroll in other declining schools, ...

Delegated budgets have long been tickling the consciences of union leaders and politicians from the left spectrum, because they sharply touch their big wound - it is not "equal" and it is not "fair". Their idea, of course, is not for everyone to work equally (that is impossible) and receive equal ...

State money for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a topic on which no matter what anyone says, it will still be wrong. This is because there are two completely opposite, but equally correct, points of view. On the one hand, it is really not right for someone to receive money without working for it – in …

Every new thing is a well-forgotten old + a pinch of salt. Can you imagine how an educational initiative during the socialist era was regularly branded as “pro-Western” and “American”, a few years after the fall of the regime it was closed by revanchist-minded politicians because it was “communist”, and today everyone is stubbornly struggling…

Special thanks to Svetlina Nancheva for her help in preparing this article. If anyone is wondering why the Bulgarian education system is failing compared to others, let them stop and read this – during the entire period of the so-called "transition", all the projects that were leading innovations in their time, not only in ...

Let's imagine a small, but tall and boisterous child. Let's call him Peter. The child suffers from what psychologists call "accumulated behavioral deficits." Simply put, he is aggressive and boisterous. He often gets into conflict with his classmates. He bullies them mentally and physically. In general...

Recently, a professor from Maastricht University presented a report in which he recommended that the number of higher education institutions in Bulgaria be reduced to 10, because “this was the European practice.” The argument is that until this reform is carried out, any increase in funding for science will not achieve the desired result, and that only through such …

In Bulgaria, it is assumed that the state is the most competent in all matters related to education and therefore it should take care of everything and everyone. Currently, state regulations tell parents the following: "You are obliged to educate your child in exactly the way that we have foreseen ...

Author: Filip Petrov The municipal authorities do NOT want to solve the parking problem – their only goal is to collect as much money as possible! The introduction of paid parking zones only partially overlaps the two things, but this is a piecemeal job, not a complete solution to the problem. Where is the yellow …