Bulgaria Education Ministry Ready for First High School Exit Exams

Society | May 31, 2008, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria Education Ministry Ready for First High School Exit Exams: Bulgaria Education Ministry Ready for First High School Exit Exams Education Minister Vulchev announced in front of Darik radio that his Ministry is ready for the first high school exit exams Sunday Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

The Education Ministry is fully prepared for the first high school exit-exams, which will be held Sunday. The exams will cost over BGN 5 million, according to a statement made by Daniel Vulchev, Bulgarian Education Minister in front of Darik radio's Saturday show "The Week".

The Bulgarian Language and Literature Exam will be held at a total of 1444 schools in the country in 6093 halls and will be supervised by 12 000 monitors.

There will be 14 Evaluation Commissions with 1383 specialists - 69% teachers and 31% university professors while 70% of them are not Sofia residents. All exam papers will be checked at two locations in Sofia, which will be guarded around the clock. The deadline for announcing the results is set as June 20. Examiners will check about 30 papers per day, according to the Minister.

The total number of applications to take the exit-exams is 76 080 with most requests for exams in Geography and Economy. 1850 students have requested the opportunity to take a third exam.

The exams' content will be close to the one given in September as a test run.

Those who do not take the exam would be able to receive a diploma for completing high school at a certain level or take it at another session.

The exam materials will be transported in a secure way - with security guards in the automobiles and in the buildings where the exams are to be held.

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