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Bulgaria

Country brief

Country name: Bulgaria
Please estimate the number of children in school (age 3-19) in your country:  

718.186

Please estimate the number of school drop-outs in your country in the school year 2019/2020: 

No data

Please estimate the average number of school drop-outs per year in the 5 school years previous to school year 2019/2020? 

20.000

Did National exams or evaluation methods take place in academic year 2019/2020? And if so, for which levels?  

All

If national exams or evaluation methods did not take place, what is the replacement solution? 

N/A

If schools resumed before the summer of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which? 

Schools resumed in September 2020.

When school resumed in the Autumn of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which?

At the beginning of the school year, all students started school physically. On 27 October 2020 high school students (8-12 grade) had to start online again for 2 weeks. Currently, since 13 November students in 5-12 grade go online IF the COVID-19 cases in their region exceed 119,9 in 100,000 people.

Access to education 

What were the primary modes of learning implemented during the Covid-19 School closures?
  • Online
  • Pick-up/Send paper materials
  • TV
Were the above measures put into place at a policy (national or regional level) or by schools and teachers?
  • Policy (national or regional) level
Please estimate Number or percentage of children in school (age 3-19) with access to: 
  • high-speed internet – no data
  • basic internet – no data
  • TV – no data
  • Radio – no data
  • Computer, tablet or smart phone they could use during the day – no data
What translation/interpretation resources/services are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

National Electronic Library for Teachers, https://e-learn.mon.bg/; Guidance for Parents, https://www.mon.bg/bg/news/3885

What special or exceptional learning need supports are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

N/A