Milena Damyanova

The average gross teacher salary is expected to become about BGN 1750 in 2021, Milena Damyanova, chairman of the Education Committee said. The growth of salaries in the field of education is unprecedented for the state budget and at the moment the average gross teacher salary is higher than the average for the country as there are regions in which it reaches BGN 1500, she added.

The Parliament has adopted final amendments to the Social Assistance Act, which amends the Family Child Benefits Act, Focus News Agency reports. With the changes social benefit payments are linked with regular attendance of the compulsory forms of school and pre-school education.

According to the chairman of the Education and Science Commission Milena Damyanova, with a statement on behalf of GERB PG on the occasion of the National Enlighteners' Day estimated the budget for science in 2018, reported BGNES.

Center-right party GERB has demanded the resignation of Bulgarian Education Minister Aneliya Klisarova over incompetent and recklessness.

The GERB party (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) insisted that Klisarova's failure to implement reforms in the sector made it likely for Bulgaria to lose EU funding.