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state monopoly in education

How important are teachers?

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...

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The unnecessary educational regulation of the Ministry of Education and Science

The Bulgarian Ministry of Education has one important (at least according to it) administrative function – the preparation and enforcement of annual curricula and programs, according to which schools in the country must organize the teaching process. This system of “regulation of the educational process” should be more related to the general study of state …

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Comparison of the educational system in Bulgaria and England

*We present to you a study by EKIP between the regulation of the education systems in our country and in the UK. A suitable topic when we think about changes we want to see in Bulgaria or mistakes we do not want to repeat. As in Bulgaria, the education system of England is dominated by state educational institutions for …

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What bureaucrats and journalists don't understand about free education – reactions against homeschoolers

This text is inspired by the journalistic coverage of the successes achieved by a homeschooled boy from Smolensk. And more specifically, by the conversation in the studio of the morning block on bTV between the host Genka Shikerova and the guests, who represent, on the one hand, the Ministry of Education and, on the other, a group of parents who are fans of democratic learning. Tatyana …

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