site.btaPresident's Support a Dream Initiative to Provide 23 Students with Financial Aid

One-time financial aid for education under President Rumen Radev's Support a Dream initiative will be awarded to 15 first-year students and 8 outstanding 12th-grade pupils.This fall, the scholarship for students is BGN 5,000 and for pupils, BGN 2,517, the head of State's press secretartiat reported on Saturday. 

The majority of the students have chosen to study subjects that will prepare them for a career in the social sphere. Among their preferred majors are social pedagogy and social activities. First-year students from the presidential initiative this year will also study law, economic sociology and psychology, hospitality and restaurant management, philology and philosophy. 

The President's Support a Dream initiative is aimed at young people placed in residential care or foster families. To support their motivation to learn, the President's Administration awards a one-time scholarship to first-year students and outstanding twelfth-graders. The funds for the one-time financial aid are raised during a donation campaign, which the presidential administration organizes annually.

Last year, the initiative provided one-time financial aid for the education of 17 first-year students and 4 outstanding 12th-grade pupils. At that time, the scholarship for students was BGN 4,340 and for pupils, BGN 2,500.