site.btaPM, Education Minister, Patriarch Inaugurate New Kindergarten in Kostinbrod

The Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Daniil, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev addressed reporters at the opening of a new kindergarten in Kostinbrod (West Bulgaria) on Tuesday.  
 
Patriarch Daniil consecrated the new kindergarten, stressing the significance of the virtuous upbringing of children and the cooperation between government and Church. “This gives us hope that the children of Bulgaria will not grow up with that rejection and nihilism so characteristic of several generations,” he said.  
 
Prime Minister Zhelyazkov said that executive branch deeply and sincerely values its partnership with local authorities. He emphasized the government’s priority for children to enter preschool education at the age of four. "A child is shaped into a future worthy citizen from birth in the family environment, but at some point they must be entrusted to the care of educators, teachers, lecturers, and professors on their future career path, so that the future of Bulgaria is entrusted to the hands of worthy Bulgarians," he said. 
 
Education Minister Valchev commented that kindergartens are the most important institutions because they shape children’s early cognitive and intellectual development as well as their values. He praised Kostinbrod for being an active municipality and participating in the Education Ministry’s initiatives.