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  At the height of summer, when the introduction of the new Act on pre-school and school education is in full force, another challenge facing schools is preparing a program for the prevention of early school leaving (according Art. 263 (1), p. 8 of APSE). In this respect, the shared experience of the schools working on the program for reducing Roma children dropout of school "Every student will be a winner," which Amalipe developed since 2010 with the support of the Foundation "America for Bulgaria" and Trust for social achievement, will be very useful. During the past...

  On August 24, the Ministry of Education published for public comment draft standard for civil, health, environmental and intercultural education. The existence of this standard was laid down in Art. 22, para. 2 pt. 8 of the pre-school and school education act. The project for the regulation was almost ready at the end of 2012, but in 2016 was virtually rewritten. The text itself does not inspire and it is very unlikely to cause euphoria of approval. At the same time it also contains elements that can be described as innovative and likely to lead to the development of...

  Trends in school education in the country determine the necessity of opening the school and more active interaction with the parent community and local institutions. The idea of "school - community center" is no longer new and a number of schools in Bulgaria apply this approach without following clear and exact methodology and certain systematic approach. I will not cpmment its benefits and the involvement of the parent community, as there are many materials on the subject. [1]   The new APSE and draft regulations for the creation, structure and activities of...

On August 23, the Minister of education M. Kuneva presented for public discussion draft standard for civil, health, environmental and intercultural education. Although presented primarily as regulating lesson of the class,the standard with the complex name has much wider application: in extracurricular activities, enhanced training and even as a separate subject. Although the topics of traffic safety, financial literacy and action to terrorist threats were explicitely underlined during its presentation, the standard provides a much wider range of subjects, divided into four...

  Regulation on the status and professional development of teachers, principals and pedagogical experts was another document published by the Ministry for public discussion which purpose is to determine the state educational standard  for the status and professional development of teachers, principals and other pedagogical specialists in the system of preschool and school education. Amalipe Center welcomes the efforts of the Ministry of Education and Science to regulate the status and professional development of teachers,principals and other pedagogical specialists....