Education

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 ...

Graph 1: Students as % of population per 10,000 people (1900-2016) Source: NSI There is a demographic crisis in Bulgaria. The number of students is decreasing. It is normal in such a situation that the number of teachers is also decreasing. What is actually happening is shown in the NSI infographic, which was published yesterday. It is also happening …

About Karin Dom or how a children's center for children with special needs in Varna works on the border of private charity The maxim repeated over the years states that the level of development of a society can be judged by its attitude towards the vulnerable. In Bulgarian reality, however, this role of …

Author: Filip Petrov The news of a publishing house printing two editions of a textbook – color and black and white – was circulating in the media. The mass indignation that various populists expressed was that this was bad – fueling the division between poor and rich in schools. Let’s think more seriously about the issue…

Author: Yavor Ganchev Most people will answer in the affirmative, and some will also quote Art. 53(2) of the Constitution: "School education up to the age of 16 is compulsory" Most people do not even notice that it is not about education, but about "school education". This is so because for most people - and with ...

Author: Mariola Yankova The question of whether animals have rights and whether this fact does not make us humans criminals has never been more relevant. Activists periodically appear both in Bulgaria and in other Western countries and the USA, who use the rhetoric of rights to urge us to stop consuming …

When you don't understand something - read it a second time, if you still don't understand it - read it several times until you get it. If that doesn't work - start criticizing what you didn't understand or at best the little you did understand. This article is a response to the review of …

Author: Yavor Ganchev This commentary is an analysis of the government's program in the field of education for the period 2017-2021, published on 02.08.2017 on the website of the Council of Ministers here. An equal sign is put between staying in school and receiving an education One of the first measures to be implemented (340 and 341), …

Yavor Ganchev A talented, dedicated and qualified teacher is a great tool for achieving quality, effective and adequate education. However, a good tool is not, in itself, a sufficient condition for a good result. The quality of education is measured by the satisfaction of the learner. And satisfaction comes from achieving one's own, not someone else's...