Center “Amalipe” announces the beginning of a series of regional meetings of educational mediators. The first meeting will be held in the city of Veliko Tarnovo and will be intended for educational mediators from the regions of Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse and Gabrovo. These regional meetings are designed to bring together mediators from different schools and […]
Educational mediators are now part of the Collective Labor Agreement, guaranteeing them not only certain social benefits but also making them an integral part of the collectives within the respective educational institutions. The funding regulation provides special funds for the appointment of around 1300 educational mediators, teacher assistants, and social workers in schools and kindergartens […]
Nearly 50,000 children and pupils have been returned to classrooms in the last six years and dropout rates have dropped by nearly 40%, said Education Minister Prof. Tsokov and Prime Minister Acad. Denkov after the meeting of the Coordination Unit for the Full Coverage Mechanism. Upcoming developments in the work of the Coverage Teams in […]
Deyan Kolev Changes to the Law on Preschool and School Education, the Law on Vocational Education and five other legislative initiatives have been planned by the Denkov-Gabriel Government until the end of 2024. Another 23 other measures are set in relation to the activities of the Executive Power: among them are ensuring the sustainability of […]
The educational mediators from Secondary School “St. St. Kiril and Methodius”, the town of Sredets, gathers children from both primary and higher grades who have difficulties in several academic subjects. The mediators Bozhidar Atanasov and Karalain Kostova work with the students with the aim of successfully passing the exams in the subjects that are difficult […]
Dear friends and supporters, More than 940 educational mediators working in schools across the country are at risk of being left unpaid from 1 July 2023. The same fate could befall dozens of mediators working in kindergartens half a year later. We therefore appeal to you to support educational mediators! During the difficult months of […]
The Department of Education appreciates the work of educational mediators in keeping students in classrooms. However, at this point in time the MoE is considering NOT continuing the National Support Programme for Educational Mediators but leaving schools to find their own way to cover their salaries. In this situation, most of the 940 mediators currently […]
In March 2022, the Amalipe Center conducted trainings for educational mediators from all over the country. These meetings included special sessions on tackling negative practices in the Roma community, domestic violence, combating early marriage, and empowering Roma women in general. The aim of these sessions was for the participants to get acquainted with the nature […]
Amalipe Center started a series of trainings for educational mediators, and the next training took place on March 17, 2022 at the Primary School “Kliment Ohridski” in Dupnitsa. The training aims to exchange experiences between educational mediators from the districts of Sofia – city, Sofia – district, Kyustendil and Blagoevgrad. During the seminar the participants […]
Dear readers, Center Amalipe was one of the first organizations that applied the pilot model for community moderators and later educational mediators. In the process of work, it became very clear how great is the need for the quick inclusion of educational mediators in the teaching teams of schools with a large percentage of school […]