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Education Minister: Final exams for 7th and 12th-grade pupils likely to take place in June

Education Minister Krasimir Valchev and PM Boyko Borissov at training for partial reopening of parks in Sofia
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister has asked the Minister of Education for a clear plan for the completion of the school year for students in the 7th and 12th grades of the Bulgarian school system. It is important for them to physically complete the school year in order to be able apply for the upper educational degrees, the Prime Minister explained.

He demanded a plan for action until May 10 for all other age groups, including kindergartens and how they could be opened, also when university admission exams could be conducted. 

In the opinion of Education Minister Krasimir Valchev, final exams for the students in 7th and 12 grade will most likely be held in June.




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