Education

Широко разпространено клише гласи, че образованието е универсално полезно, че който се учи, той ще сполучи, а „науката е слънце“. Икономическият превод на това твърдение намира израз в хипотезата на Нобеловия лауреат Гари Бекер, че образованието е инвестиция, която дава високи доходи, защото увеличава производителността. Здравият разум предполага общоприетите истини …

Happy New Year! How many books did you read in 2020? Don't worry, I'm not here to judge you or compete with you, as you're probably used to when someone asks you this question. In fact, I'm here to do the exact opposite. Let me tell you that this is exactly how many books you read in the past …

Dear readers of EKIP, We would like to present to your attention a new Bulgarian book that has caught the attention of our editorial board. Its title is “The Eternal Principles Behind the Successful” Child by the entrepreneur, father and follower of the ideas of freedom Yavor Rusinov. >>>YOU CAN BUY THE BOOK AND VIEW REVIEWS HERE

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...