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 ...
More »The free development of education – the path to change in the education system
Gayane Minasyan* Recently, the need for educational reforms in Bulgaria has been a hot public topic. A number of political figures are actively trying to push their views in this direction. One of the main problems, however, is that the educational system in Bulgaria is the heir to the central-command approach of a bygone era. That is why it is growing …
More »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 …
More »Guest article: On the harm of public education
500 years ago, Martin Luther launched a campaign against the financial corruption and moral decay of the Roman Catholic world. At that time, the Western church had been transformed from a voluntary religious community into a totalitarian political institution aimed at accumulating power and wealth. Luther rightly insisted that the long-delayed spiritual reformation could not be …
More »Comparison of educational regimes in Bulgaria and the UK
This is an abridged version of the report presented by Daniel Vassilev during the First Meeting on Free Education, organized by the National Network of Parents. When comparing economic indicators – such as GDP per capita and labor productivity – of Bulgaria and a Western country, especially non-economists rarely …
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