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New school year in Bulgaria to begin with in-person attendance

Krasimir Valchev
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The new school year will most probably begin in the school buildings.

This was made clear after Education Minister Krasimir Valchev explained to the MPs from the parliamentary education committee that the specific proposals for alternative education are not ready as yet. In Minister Valchev’s words all strategies which envisage partial in-person attendance are very difficult to implement and perhaps the best strategy is a comparative separation of classes.  



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