Parliament will be able to closing off universities
The National Assembly can close higher education institutions at the proposal of the Council of Ministers, when they permanently do not carry out an educational process, provides for a amendment to the Higher Education Act, submitted by 11 deputies from « There is such a people » headed by the chairman of the parliamentary committee, Prof. Andrey Chorbanov. The text includes within the scope of the law and private higher education institutions.
« This is destroying the reputation of the whole higher education, » the minister said, referring to the occasion for his request – the activity of the European Polytechnic University in Pernik. According to Valchev, he has not conducted a real learning process for several years, but acts as a channel for migrants. His students were mainly from Nigeria and for only 10 percent there were data in Bulgaria.
Rector Prof. Ivan Petkov defended himself by accusing the Minister of Lie. « It is a lie that the European Polytechnic University is a cell for attracting terrorists from Nigeria, » Prof. Petkov told BNR. About 150 students from Bulgaria, Greece, Nigeria, Syria, Cameroon, Russia were taught at the university. Between 30 and 35 teachers were on an employment contract, there were also civil.
| « There are no teachers, no students, no administrative staff, » Valchev said, adding that the agency has evidence that the university’s educational process is fictitious. |
Minister Valchev has accused Pernik University of acting as a migrant channel, the rector denied
Among them are the low bills for overhead costs-BGN 50 for electricity in the summer and 100 in the winter. Water consumption is 9 cubes a year.
In addition, the inspections sent by the Minister were expelled from the university. The Rector denied that too. « We accepted them into the building, we got them with coffee, we found out what documentation to prepare. They wanted to see the laboratories, » he said.
The European Polytechnic University trains in three specialties – Green Energy, Civil Engineering, Applied Informatics and Computer Systems. The latter is offered remotely. The accreditation of the university was taken away in 2017 and returned later. Now the University of Pernik is in the procedure for a new institutional accreditation.
The University of Pernik wants to meet his Nigerian students with Minister Valchev
When is Higher School closed
The current order for the closure of the Higher School (WEA) is described in the Higher Education Act. This can happen when: it violates the same law or other normative acts in the field; when it received two consecutive refusals for institutional accreditation or did not request one within the time limit; at the request of its founders; At the proposal of the Council of Ministers (for state -owned WWTP; the European Polytechnic University is private)S
Motives
« When the Higher School permanently does not carry out a learning process, it does not fulfill its primary function and does not justify its existence – they write 10 importers in their reasons for the bill. – This leads to inefficiency and non -compliance with the main goals of the education system.
The proposed bill is « Act of Legion and Social Responsibility, in view of the public expectations for improving the quality of higher education. The closure of non-working higher education is a measure of the preservation of the reputation of Bulgarian higher education in national and internationally, » the text also signed the 11 MPs.
