The National Programme for Support of Educational Mediators and Social Workers ends on 30.06.2023. At this moment, the Ministry of Education does not announce a decision on how the nearly 940 mediators/social workers in schools will continue their work. The ministry outlines possible solutions without committing to any of them. What does the MES actually […]
Author: Deyan Kolev For the past two weeks, Peru has been capturing the attention of the media around the world. After President Pedro Castillo tried to dissolve Congress, appoint an interim government and make sweeping reforms to the judiciary within a day, he was ousted from power, arrested and is now in prison on remand. […]
You make me believe that this country has a future Iliyana Iotova, Vice President of Bulgaria to the Roma women participants in the National Roma Women Gathering, 20 October 2022 October 20, 2022 for many women in Bulgaria is probably just another monotonous day, but for more than 50 Roma women it was the beginning […]
The state of educational segregation, models for desegregation and practical and successful examples from Bulgaria Spain and Belgium were presented during the Round table “The state of Roma educational segregation: data and practical solutions from Bulgaria and Spain”. It was organized by Center Amalipe and Fundacion Secrtariado Gitano on October 24 in Prague, in the […]
On 8 August, the European Commission approved the Education Programme 2021-2027. Its budget is 1 887 219 069 BGN and in the new period it will be financed only by the European Social Fund Plus. What priorities and what activities will the Programme finance in the coming years? How will schools and kindergartens and other […]
What has been done or not done in terms of better education and integration of the Roma community in recent months? What results have been achieved and what has been missed? The eight-month mandate of Kiril Petkov’s government has already become the subject of highly politicized discussions. The present analysis differs from similar ones […]
The Ministry of education and science (MES) has published an analysis/summary of current curricula in general education subjects. It is based on 5 surveys of key stakeholders – teachers, students and parents. What do the surveys highlight as problems, what changes does the MES analysis suggest and what is planned for the months ahead? The […]
10% will be added to the subsistence allowances included in the common cost standards from July 1st. From the same date, the norm for the maintenance of a child in kindergarten, through which the Ministry of Education compensates for the dropping of fees in pre-school education, will be increased by 31%. The norm for student […]
The support of the Operational Programmes co-financed by the European Social Fund for the implementation of desegregation policies in the current and new programming period was discussed during the second panel of the National Conference ” Status of educational integration: from segregation to ethnically mixed environment”. Participants in the panel were Jeroen Jute (DG Employment […]
A sincere conversation about the range of educational segregation, the ways to overcome it and the overall development of school education in the coming months and years, took place during the National Conference “State of Educational Integration: From Segregation to an Ethnically Mixed Environment”. The first panel of the Conference was attended by the Minister […]