Bulgarian Vice President: Education Abroad is the best Policy with the Bulgarian Communities

"The best-structured and most visible policy with the Bulgarian communities abroad is Sunday schools, but this is not enough. There is a need for a comprehensive system and continuity in Bulgarian education around the world - from pre-school age to university, lecturers on Bulgarian language and the development of Bulgarian studies. "With these words, Vice President Iliana Yotova opened in Plovdiv the 12th annual conference of the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad ABTC). Co-organizers of the conference, entitled "Preservation of the Bulgarian Language and Genealogical Memory of the World - a Way to the Motherland", are the Ministry of Education and Science and the Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski".

"Education abroad is an integral part of Bulgarian education. It is the basis of a series of state policies aimed at preserving Bulgarian self-awareness and generic memory, spreading the Bulgarian language and motivating our compatriots to return home, "said Iliyana Yotova.

Vice President Yotova congratulated the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad and all Bulgarian schools abroad for their active work. She highlighted the importance of Sunday schools for the dissemination of Bulgarian language and culture abroad and identified them as a very important part of Bulgaria's cultural diplomacy.

"You are the outer showcase of Bulgarian education. You are also the powerful weapon against the assimilation policies of some states against the intrusions on history, "said Iliyana Yotova. In her statement, she outlined the main issues in these policies and presented suggestions for solving them. According to Iliyana Yotova, Bulgarians living abroad or abroad should be included in the next national census in order to determine the scale of the...

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