Epidemiology experts and representatives of regional health inspectorates have gathered at a meeting today to discuss additional measures against the spread of coronavirus amongst teachers and students and stricter control for the others, the Chief..
Less than 1% of teachers and students have been quarantined because of Covid-19 or after a contact with an infected person at the beginning of the school year, the Ministry of Education has reported. The Ministry has access to..
The new school year has started in the whole country in compliance with the anti-epidemic measures. A total of 2,357 schools welcomed over 706,000 students. Nearly 59,000 of them are first-graders. In his welcoming speech..
President Rumen Radev welcomed the students and teachers on the first day of school at Hristo Smirnenski primary school in Pazardzhik. “The Bulgarian school is more than a temple of knowledge, it is a sacred placve where our children develop..
The schools in Sofia are ready for the start of the new school year and they have enough disinfectants and masks. Everywhere in the capital city the school year will start with in-person classes. Mayor Yordanka Fandakova pointed out that in 23..
“The fourth wave of Covid-19 is expected to peak around 10 October, after which there will be a slight dip,” virologist Prof. Radka Argirova said for the BNR. “With the Delta variant people get infected more quickly, the disease itself..
Schoolgoers will be tested for Covid-19 at least once a week free of charge, provided the parents of no less than 90% of the children in a given school give their consent, the Ministry of Education has announced. Testing at school is..
In a letter to the state institutions, the parent association “Maintaining school as a centre for children” demands an in-person start to the school year on 15 September, otherwise protests will be organized. “At the current rate of spread..
Students will switch to distance learning if 10% of them are diagnosed with Covid-19, announced Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Education and Science Nikolay Denkov referring to the instructions of the Ministry of Health. " Is..
The Bulgarian government has approved nearly BGN 1 million for the summer vacation of 2,577 students from 103 schools under the National Together Again Programme . The programme, funded under the national budget, provides for six-day tourist trips to..
