BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMSYSTEM

BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMSYSTEM

AGE and GRADES

• NURSARY EDUCATION

3-7 years of age

• ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 7-10 years of age 1st - 4th grades

• BASIC EDUCATION 11-13 years of age 5th – 7th grades

• SECONDARY EDUCATION 14-19years of age 8th – 12th grades

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR - 3 years of study

BACHELOR - 4 years of study MASTER – 5-6 years of study

EXAMS and CERTIFICATES

• EXAM after the 4th grade • EXAM after the 7th grade• GENERAL EXAM for the SECONDARY

EDUCATION

SCHOOLS• STATE SCHOOLS• MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS• PRIVATE SCHOOLS

• BASIC SCHOOLS- • 1-7 classes• GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS-

1-12 classes• PROFILING SECONDARY SCHOOLS-

8-12 classes• PROFESSIONAL SECONDARY SCOOLS

8-12 classes with a certificate for profession • SPECIALISING SCHOOLS –

for disabled children

SUBJECTS

COMPULSARY SUBJECTSBulgarian languageBulgarian literature

Mathematics

Computer studiesInformation technology

Foreign languages: English, German, French, Russian

Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography

Physics

History

Home economics

Music Art Physical

education

EVALUATIONPOOR 2

FAIR 3

GOOD 4

VERY GOOD 5

EXCELLENT 6

ANNUAL SCHEDULE• 15TH SEPTEMBER - the beginning of the

school year• 30TH JANUARY - end of the first term• 3RD FEBRUARY - the beginning of the

second term• 9TH MAY - end of 12th grade• 24TH MAY - end of 1st grade• 30TH MAY - end of 2nd, 3rd, 4th

grades• 15TH JUNE - end of 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

grades• 30TH JUNE -end of 9th, 10th, 11th

grades

HOLIDAYS• WINTER /CHRISTMAS/

24TH DECEMBER- 7TH JANUARY

• MID-TERM 1ST-4TH FEBRUARY

• SPRING / EASTER/ 1ST- 10TH APRIL

• SUMMER

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