Meeting on school dropouts
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Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev addressing a meeting of coordination unit responsible for implementing mechanism aimed at keeping children in school and preventing dropouts, Sofia, July 3, 2025 (BTA Photo/Hristo Kasabov)
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site.btaSome 116,000 Children Have Been Brought Back to School, Deputy PM Donchev Says
Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said here on Thursday that in gross terms, some 116,000 children have been brought back to school or have enrolled for the first time. "In net terms, this figure drops to 75,000, as some of those who return eventually drop out again," he added. Donchev was speaking during a meeting of the coordination unit responsible for implementing a mechanism for the joint work of institutions on the coverage, inclusion and prevention of dropping out of the educational system of children and pupils in compulsory preschool and school age.
The meeting, held at the Council of Ministers, was also attended by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev, deputy ministers, regional governors, heads of agencies, and representatives of the National Association of the Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria, among others.
This is the eighth year the mechanism has been in place - an achievement in itself, as it undeniably shows that it is no longer seen as a short-term initiative aiming to achieve temporary results, Donchev said. He acknowledged that the mechanism does not operate with the needed intensity and that there is room for improvement. The Deputy Prime Minister added that it is also not functioning effectively in all parts of the country. "Our task is to ensure that the measures, which have been in place for eight years, are implemented with the same level of intensity everywhere in the country," he added.
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