The number of first graders this school year is down by around 1,000 compared to last year, said Deputy Minister of Education Diyan Stamatov for the Bulgarian news agency BTA.
He added that the greatest number of first graders were in the city of Sofia (over 12,000), followed by Plovdiv and Varna; bottom of the list are Vidin and Gabrovo. Diyan Stamatov stated that the tendency of a shortage of teachers in mathematics, computer sciences and foreign languages continues, though now there is a shortage of physical education teachers as well.
At the end of the past week, 53 children from 21 Bulgarian Sunday schools participated in the ninth edition of the international reading competition in Bulgarian "Az Buki Vedi" for first and second grade students, which took place in..
The engineering plans for the expansion of the Bulgarian Centre in Billerica, New England, USA (BCNE), are ready. According to information from the centre's Facebook page, cited by BTA, the centre and the Bulgarian Church 'St. Petka' are now looking for a..
Summer, high temperatures, holiday mood. But unfortunately, summer brings not only positive emotions, but real and very serious problems. For example, last year, over 400 settlements throughout Bulgaria, including several major towns, remained "dry" or..
In a tradition that began informally over 40 years ago and has evolved over time , thousands of people crowded onto Bulgarian beaches on 1 July to welcome..
Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy, chance of rain
Mostly Cloudy