Ministry of Education

According to the statement, this is the first model of teaching.

The reaction, at least those from the educational community, was mostly caused by the attitude of epidemiologist and member of the Crisis Staff Dr Predrag Kon, who warned that the winter break should begin before St. Nicholas, which is celebrated on December 19, because that is the period when gastarbeiters enter our country, as they come from European countries where the delta strain reigns.

There are already tests for students from 1st to 4th grade across the country, the Ministry of Education announced.

Only students with a valid document for post-illness or vaccination (for children over 12) will not be tested. This was clarified by the Ministry of Education.

Children with special educational needs will be tested by their parents at home.

Private schools will also receive free tests for young students, the Ministry of Education and Science said.

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Instead, the recommendation of the School Team will be to extend the autumn break, Blic has learned.
According to Blic, no decision has been made yet on how many days the autumn break should be extended, which will be in the first half of November. The final decision is at the Crisis Staff, which, according to the announcements, will meet tomorrow.

A member of the Crisis Staff, Dr Predrag Kon, also spoke about this.
He pointed out that there are a lot of infected children, but also that their clinical picture is more difficult than at the outbreak of the epidemic. However, the epidemiologist did not want to prejudge whether that would happen.

She also stated that "there is a slow growth - we have exceeded 55% of those vaccinated, and that is what is most important." Brnabic said at the press conference after visiting the Kragujevac company for distribution of thermal energy "Energetika" that for now there will be no extension of the validity of COVID passes to 24 hours.

Just to reiterate, the Ministry of Education issues a statement every Friday based on the epidemiological situation about which schools will attend classes next week and according to which model.

The pandemic of COVID-19 and the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union (EU) have not reduced the interest of Bulgarian high school graduates in higher education abroad, a Dnevnik inspection showed before the new academic year starting today.

The second model, combined teaching model - day at school, day from home, will be applied in the seventh and eighth grades of primary schools in four municipalities: Ivanjica, Lajkovac, Valjevo and Kragujevac.