According to the Minister of Education, a quarter of parents are irresponsible

« It is my opinion that about 15% of school days are lost. Why? The days in which children may be absent by the decision of the parents. This was stated by the Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev during the BLICKontrol at the Committee on Education and Science at the National Assembly today.

Asked by MP Petya Tsankova (BSP) about the schedule of school time and vacations, Minister Valchev recalled that in the last 15 years the topic of the beginning and end of the school year has been set three times – former ministers Nikolay Denkov and Sergei Ignatov.

According to him, the school time in Bulgaria is less than that of other European countries, and at the same time the summer vacation of Bulgarian students is longer. « We do not have an internal vacation in practice-one day pauses, we don’t have an autumn vacation. The approach with more pauses, more seasonal vacations and a shorter summer vacation many people say it is better, allowing students to rest periodically, » the minister said.

He added that the debate was held three times whether the school year will start on September 1 and whether they will solve the problem for those 10 days. According to him, there is not enough maneuverability to determine the school time because of the long summer vacation, the public holidays and the days in which the exams are conducted and which are non -teaching.

The minister stressed that the effectiveness of school time should be increased.

« It is my opinion that about 15% of school days are lost. Why? There were increased days when children may be absent by parents’ decision. On the one hand, this is good, in terms of responsible parents. Let us not forget that we have at least 25% of parents who are not responsible for the education of the children, they do not provide their daily people. There is no excited or going for tourism most often, « Valchev adds.

According to him, the mayors abuse the possibility of announcing non -teaching days in the extraordinary circumstances and holidays of the municipality.

Third Party Student Program

Asked by MP Aisel Mustafova (« DPS-New Home ») about the measures of the Ministry of Education and Science to increase foreign students Valchev explained that the ministry was planning a special program for third-country students.

« We will make a program to fund the education of third -country students. We will not actually fund students, but Bulgarian state higher education institutions, » he said. He added that, above all, training in professional fields will be funded, which is expected to have a shortage of staff. He explained that the ministry was also considering students from third countries to have scholarships, but if this happens, the foreigners would have to be tied to the realization in the country.

Valchev added that Bulgarian higher education institutions can attract more foreign students if they offer quality education and calls for universities to raise their requirements.