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In-Class Corruption
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Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Petya Sabinova
Bulgaria's education system is corrupt, a recent report stated. Now that's a shocker. Having to "donate" in order to take an exam that I was entitled to back in high school surely didn't make me realize that there is something wrong with the system. Nor did a song by rappers Upsurt who said that you could get a special bonus in a certain university in Sofia - "3 exams for 200 euros and a pig." The fact that most of my friends went to gather professors' signatures they needed to graduate with their bags clunking full of rakia bottles certainly wasn't a hint either.
But now it's all clear to me - the system is corrupt and extricating the faulty practices is quite simple - by introducing tests instead of exams at the end of high school. This would cut the need of private tutoring the Education Minister believes, and parents wouldn't be dragged in the dirty scheme of having to pay teachers for private lessons.
It all sounds great on paper except there are some crucial problems in reality. First of all, if teachers' salaries continue to scrape the bottom of the pit, all the tests in the world wouldn't save students from the need of private lessons. Simply because teachers would always omit something in their classes, something vital for passing in the end. Corruption? Maybe, but some call it survival.
Also this has no way of cutting corruption in universities, where reports say it is the highest, as there are too many ways to milk students for all they're worth. One very popular "extortion" technique is practiced by professors who publish their own textbooks every year making it impossible for students to get used textbooks and at the same time ensuring a stable cash flow.
Introducing tests may prove useful in the future, but what Bulgaria's education needs right now is teachers, who are satisfied with their salaries, so they don't have to resort to intricate means of "blackmailing" their students.
Bulgaria's education system is corrupt, a recent report stated. Now that's a shocker. Having to "donate" in order to take an exam that I was entitled to back in high school surely didn't make me realize that there is something wrong with the system. Nor did a song by rappers Upsurt who said that you could get a special bonus in a certain university in Sofia - "3 exams for 200 euros and a pig." The fact that most of my friends went to gather professors' signatures they needed to graduate with their bags clunking full of rakia bottles certainly wasn't a hint either.
But now it's all clear to me - the system is corrupt and extricating the faulty practices is quite simple - by introducing tests instead of exams at the end of high school. This would cut the need of private tutoring the Education Minister believes, and parents wouldn't be dragged in the dirty scheme of having to pay teachers for private lessons.
It all sounds great on paper except there are some crucial problems in reality. First of all, if teachers' salaries continue to scrape the bottom of the pit, all the tests in the world wouldn't save students from the need of private lessons. Simply because teachers would always omit something in their classes, something vital for passing in the end. Corruption? Maybe, but some call it survival.
Also this has no way of cutting corruption in universities, where reports say it is the highest, as there are too many ways to milk students for all they're worth. One very popular "extortion" technique is practiced by professors who publish their own textbooks every year making it impossible for students to get used textbooks and at the same time ensuring a stable cash flow.
Introducing tests may prove useful in the future, but what Bulgaria's education needs right now is teachers, who are satisfied with their salaries, so they don't have to resort to intricate means of "blackmailing" their students.
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