site.btaGraduates from Bulgarian School in Odesa Plan to Study in Bulgaria

Thirty graduates from the Bulgarian Sunday School (BSS) in Odesa have decided to continue their education at universities in Bulgaria in the following academic year. Students received their 11th grade certificates on Monday at the Bulgarian Cultural Centre in Odesa, where classes of the BSS are held.

Under the Mother Tongue and Culture Abroad national programme, students have classes in Bulgarian language and literature, history, and geography of Bulgaria, said BSS Director Dimitar Terzi.

The Sunday school was established in 2002 under the Odesa Regional Bulgarian Society and the All-Ukrainian Centre for Bulgarian Culture in Odesa, being the first Bulgarian Sunday educational institution in the city. Over the years, more than 1,200 preschool children and school-aged youth of Bulgarian origin living in Odesa have studied at the school. Since 2012, the BSS has been funded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.