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Bulgaria’s Education Minister, Daniel Vulchev, commented Thursday that schools are not a place to teach religion. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
Students with Christian crosses or girls with Muslim scarves will no longer be allowed in Bulgarian public schools.
The mandate is included in the project for the new Public Education Act.
The Act includes a clause declaring that Bulgarian schools are secular and students cannot display symbols, which aggressively and visibly demonstrate their religious beliefs.
The Act is yet to be discussed by the Cabinet.
After the scandal involving the school in the village of Ribnovo over allegations that teachers there promote fundamentalist Islam, Bulgaria's Education Minister, Daniel Vulchev, commented that the number of children in Bulgaria studying Islam, as a required or elective subject, was very low. Vulchev voiced his opinion that the schools are not a place to teach religion, especially when the country is facing Parliamentary elections.
Vulchev further said that he had received numerous signals about extremist Islam being taught at many Bulgarian schools, not only in Ribnovo.
The Head of the Education Department at the Chief Mufti, Husein Karamola, informed that 4,000 students in 44 villages, towns and cities all over Bulgaria are enrolled in Islam classes during the 2008-2009 school year.
At the end of August, it will be clear how the new school year will start - remotely or in person, the caretaker Minister of Education Prof.
The school year starts today for nearly 758 000 students and 68 891 teachers in 2564 schools across Bulgaria.
Minister Todor Tanev has pledged a new Education Act instead of patchy amendments and insertions to the existing one.
Education Minister Todor Tanev has backed amendments to the Education Act aimed at depriving specialized higher education institutions of the title university.
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Acting Education Minister Sergey Ignatov said that his recent visit to Kyiv came at a critical moment, stressing that it could not be delayed. According to him, the signing of a protocol with his Ukrainian counterpart was decisive for the future of the Bu
Acting Education Minister Prof. Sergey Ignatov stated during a briefing at the Council of Ministers that a significant part of Bulgaria’s intellectual and revolutionary elite historically studied at the Bolgrad High School in the Odesa Oblast
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