site.btaBulgarian Communities Abroad Want to Open 21 New Bulgarian Language Schools
ESD 12:50:01 07-02-2022
LN1247ES.115
115 - EDUCATION - BULGARIA - SCHOOLS ABROAD
Bulgarian Communities Abroad Want to
Open 21 New Bulgarian
Language Schools
Sofia, February 7 (BTA) - Twenty-one organizations of Bulgarian migrants in 11 countries are applying for government funding to open Sunday schools to teach Bulgarian language, literature, geography and history to children. The largest number of applications, six, is from the UK.
Applications have also come from organizations of Bulgarians in Germany, Albania, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Canada and the US, among other countries, said the Education Ministry Monday.
There is a total of 373 Bulgarian Sunday schools abroad this school year. They operate in 43 countries on six continents, teaching to over 35,000 children in grades 1 to 12.
Over the past 10 years, the number of children in Bulgarian Sunday schools increased nearly ten times.
The Education Ministry provides the schools with organizational and methodological support. In addition to teaching the core school subjects in Bulgarian, these schools also organize activities aiming to preserve Bulgarian traditions, folklore and culture.
The Education Ministry has special programmes for training Sunday school teachers and produces online materials for them.
The Sunday school students can take an exam and obtain a Bulgarian language proficiency certificate, which they can use to apply for university in Bulgaria.
Sunday schools may be opened by diplomatic representations, organizations of Bulgarians abroad, that are registered by the local legislation to engage in cultural and educational acticities, and Orthodox religious communities. RY/LN///
LN1247ES.115
115 - EDUCATION - BULGARIA - SCHOOLS ABROAD
Bulgarian Communities Abroad Want to
Open 21 New Bulgarian
Language Schools
Sofia, February 7 (BTA) - Twenty-one organizations of Bulgarian migrants in 11 countries are applying for government funding to open Sunday schools to teach Bulgarian language, literature, geography and history to children. The largest number of applications, six, is from the UK.
Applications have also come from organizations of Bulgarians in Germany, Albania, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Canada and the US, among other countries, said the Education Ministry Monday.
There is a total of 373 Bulgarian Sunday schools abroad this school year. They operate in 43 countries on six continents, teaching to over 35,000 children in grades 1 to 12.
Over the past 10 years, the number of children in Bulgarian Sunday schools increased nearly ten times.
The Education Ministry provides the schools with organizational and methodological support. In addition to teaching the core school subjects in Bulgarian, these schools also organize activities aiming to preserve Bulgarian traditions, folklore and culture.
The Education Ministry has special programmes for training Sunday school teachers and produces online materials for them.
The Sunday school students can take an exam and obtain a Bulgarian language proficiency certificate, which they can use to apply for university in Bulgaria.
Sunday schools may be opened by diplomatic representations, organizations of Bulgarians abroad, that are registered by the local legislation to engage in cultural and educational acticities, and Orthodox religious communities. RY/LN///
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