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Bulgaria Aims at 36% University Graduates by 2020 [Oct 10, 2011] A total of 36% of all Bulgarians should be university graduates by 2020, according to the country's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov. Several days ago, the European Commission recommended that 40% of Bulgaria's population should have university diplomas by 2020, the Minister has revealed, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. However, Ignatov has admitted this goal would be impossible to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Won't Introduce Education Standards for Roma Kids [Sep 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov has stated he is against the idea of introducing "education standards" for children from the Roma minority in the country, as a labor confederation has suggested. According to the Podkrepa Labor Confederation's education syndicate, Roma children are massively allowed to pass grades in school even when they do not cover the necessary criteria and they ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Integrating More Roma Kids to 'White' Schools [Jun 24, 2011] Bulgaria's Education Ministry considers introducing an obligatory minimal percentage of Roma children for each school in the country. The measure, which will cost EUR 20 M from EU funds, aims at further integrating the Roma minority into the Bulgarian education system. A total of 200 000 of the country's school dropouts are Roma, the Trud daily points out. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Implement Priority University Funding Mid-2011 [Nov 04, 2010] Sergey Ignatov, Bulgaria's Education Minister. Photo by BGNES "The financing for "good" universities will be increased with priority and will be decreased for the ones that produce permanently unemployed people. The tendency is to stop paying to those who have bad results," Ignatov said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Presents Universities Ranking System [Nov 04, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, will present Thursday the new online ranking system for universities. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Arrests 1 over High-School Exam Fraud [May 23, 2010] An official from Bulgaria's Education Ministry has been arrested following alerts over a possible leak of information about the mandatory state high-school matriculation exam in Bulgarian Language and Literature, police said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Academy of Sciences Under Financial Scrutiny [May 18, 2010] The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) will be subjected to a financial audit, stated Tuesday Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov. [via YahooNews] More >>

State Subsidy for Bulgaria Private Schools Put on Hold [May 12, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov put on hold the Cabinet's decision to subsidize private schools in Bulgaria and thus reduce paid tuition taxes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Draft New Children, Family Act [Apr 29, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov thinks that repressive measures are not a solution to child abuse but only exacerbate the problem. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Private Schools, Nurseries to Receive State Subsidies [Apr 27, 2010] According to Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov, privately-run school institutions are no longer a privilege for only the children of the very rich in Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Education Reform Bases Universities' Financing on Ratings [Apr 19, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, is introducing significant changes in the country's education system. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Moves to Boost University Competition (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] A new set of measures including mergers of higher education institutions has been designed to increase the competition among Bulgarian universities. Bulgaria?s Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov announced Friday that these changes would be included in the new Higher Education Act. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches SOS Save Education Campaign (Novinite.com) [Feb 21, 2010] Bulgaria?s Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, (r) and the Chair of the Youth Organization of the ruling GERB party, Monika Panayotova, gave Sunday a press conference about the launch of the campaign ?SOS - Save Education.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Petya Evtimova Becomes Bulgaria Deputy Education Minister (Novinite.com) [Jan 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, has made changes in his Deputies' appointments to increase the capacity in absorption of EU funds needed for the education reform. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Education Minister Calls for University Cooperation Agreements (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Sergey Ignatov, Bulgaria's Education Minister, has proposed that the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) should negotiate framework agreements for cooperation with Bulgarian universities. [via YahooNews] More >>