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Secondary Art Schools
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Secondary Education
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Pre-School Education
Primary Education
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Pre-school educationSchool education – basic and
secondary- Two terms- The school year starts on 15 September
and ends in May, June or July (depends on the grade)
Higher education – specialist, bachelor, master
Children from 3 to 6/7 years oldNon-compulsory 1 year preparatory education
Compulsory Two stages:
- Primary education: 1-4 grade (diploma for completed primary education)
- Lower Secondary education: 5-8 grade
- (diploma for completed basic education) State, municipal or private schools Possible professional qualification
after 6-th, 7-th or 8-th grade
3, 4 or 5 years of studying Admission after 7-th or 8-th grade Non-compulsory Types:
- General (3 or 4 years)- Profiled (4 or 5 years, entry exams):
sports, languages, economics, mathematics, IT, arts
- Vocational (4 or 5 years): technical or other
Special education: for children with special needs
State schools onlyEntirely supported by the State
Graduation exams- Bulgarian language and literature- Additional exam on subject from the
general or profiled curriculumStudents with marks “very good”
(5) or higher are released from graduation exam
Colleges – specialist (3 years) Universities and Higher education
schools – bachelor (4 years), master (5 years, or 4+1 or 2)
PhD – master + 3 years; doctoral thesis Entry exams: different type and number
(depends on the HEI, rarely tests) ECTS – though supported by the law, it
is not introduced yet