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[1] [2] [3] Education: QS World Grad School Tour in Sofia City of Sofia >> Thursday, 2009-10-15 09:30 Source: Econ.bg The world`s most prestigious series of graduate education fairs will be in Sofia on Thursday 15 October 2009. Some of the world`s top universities travel with the QS World Grad School Tour to recruit international Masters and PhD students. This Fall, in its ninth year of operation, the Tour will take schools such as BI, ESADE, Hult, LSE, NYU Tisch and Tilburg to 46 cities in 29 countries around the globe. The complete A-Z of graduate programmes is represented at each fair from finance to management, en... Education: American University in Blagoevgrad grants USD 2mln for scholarships Town of Blagoevgrad >> Saturday, 2009-09-26 14:53 Source: StandartNews This year the American University in Bulgaria will grant scholarships to talented young Bulgarians worth a total of two million dollars. For the first time the amount is so big, as except the funds of the university "America for Bulgaria" foundation allotted 1 million dollars. This generous fund will provide scholarships to 70 Bulgarian students who have been admitted at the American University in the town of Blagoevgrad (southwestern Bulgaria). Education: 44% of Adult Bulgarians Don`t Speak Any Foreign Language Bulgaria >> Thursday, 2009-09-24 18:14 Source: Novinite.com 44% of the adult Bulgarians do not speak any foreign languages whatsoever, according to an Eurostat survey. Hungary is first in the ranking - 75% of the adults (aged between 25 and 64) there say they do not speak any foreign languages. It is followed by the UK (65%), Portugal (51%), Spain (47%), Bulgaria (44%), Greece (43%), and France (41%). ... Education: Number of BG students who apply for foreign universities increased Bulgaria >> Thursday, 2009-09-17 00:23 Source: StandartNews The number of the young people who apply for foreign universities has increased immensely, announced sources from the Bulgarian Ministry of Education. Last year, these students were about 2000, and in 2009 their number increased to 3000. Fifty-six percent of them have chosen the Great Britain for their higher education: about 1600 of these students have submitted UCAS application forms. Almost all of them have been admitted to study in Great Britain which has turned into a favorite education destination ... Education: Protest of school buffets in Plovdiv City of Plovdiv >> Tuesday, 2009-09-15 18:58 Source: Focus Agency 50% of school buffets in the city of Plovdiv have closed Tuesday as mark of protest against implementation of the health ministry`s order on healthy eating, said owner of buffets in Plovdiv schools Hari Hovagimyan for FOCUS News Agency. According to the initial information only three objects would hold a protest but it appeared half of them would do, Hovagimyan pointed. My objects have been in a warning strike and plastered with stickers with our demands, he added. In his words directors of the schoo... Education: 9 500 first grade pupils in Sofia city, 59 596 total in Bulgaria City of Sofia >> Tuesday, 2009-09-15 12:59 Source: Focus Agency 2757 schools in Bulgaria will open doors for 2009/2010 school year. Number of the enrolled first graders based on preliminary data from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science by July 30 were 59 596. In comparison, last year they were 63 237. According to data from the Regional Inspectorate there would be 9 500 first grade pupils in Sofia city . Poor families this year will receive BGN150 assistance for clothing for their first graders. It is expected that the aid can benefit about 30 000 poor fam... Education: The total number of students in Bulgaria decreased Bulgaria >> Tuesday, 2009-09-15 09:45 Source: Focus Agency There are about 820 000 students in Bulgaria in total as 59 596 are first graders, Deputy Minister of Education, Youths and Science Milka Kodzhabashieva said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency. She stated that the total number of students in the new 2009/2010 school year is affected by cancellation of the 13th grade. In her words it is expected number of first grade pupils to increase in the term July 30 - September 15. " Comparing to the previous year there were approximately 63 000 first graders.... Education: 17, 000 schoolchildren took part in High Start with Postbank program 2009 Bulgaria >> Tuesday, 2009-09-01 01:00 Source: Focus Agency Sofia. Over 17, 000 schoolchildren took part in High Start with Postbank program 2009. Postbank awards single scholarships of BGN 550 each to youngsters with marks above 5.81 at the exams after the 8th grade. Education: Bulgaria`s Top University Can`t Find Enough Students Bulgaria >> Tuesday, 2009-08-25 09:36 Source: Novinite.com Sofia University St. Kliment of Ohrid , which is known as the top university in Bulgaria, cannot find enough applicants to fill all of its spots. After the end of the third round of the application campaign for the class of 2013, 865 spots are still open at Sofia University , which is 60 spots more than in 2008. The unwanted spots are in the following majors: education (pedagogy), chemistry, physics, music, art, Russian, and German. The most attractive majors at Sofia University for this year`s appli... Education: Sofia University can`t find enough students Bulgaria >> Tuesday, 2009-08-25 09:36 Source: Novinite.com Sofia University St. Kliment of Ohrid , which is known as the top university in Bulgaria , cannot find enough applicants to fill all of its spots. After the end of the third round of the application campaign for the class of 2013, 865 spots are still open at Sofia University , which is 60 spots more than in 2008. The unwanted spots are in the following majors: education (pedagogy), chemistry, physics, music, art, Russian, and German. The most attractive majors at Sofia University for this year`s app...