Literacy
52% Of Bulgarians Will Have Basic Digital Skills By The End Of The Decade
Minister of e-Government, Alexander Yolovski, has set an ambitious target for Bulgaria's digital future, aiming for around 52% of Bulgarians to possess basic digital skills by the end of the decade. This announcement came during the unveiling of the Consumers Digital Empowerment index for 2023.
Tackling Bulgaria's Digital Literacy Gap: Minister's Urgent Call to Action
In a concerning revelation, E-Governance Minister Alexander Yolovsky highlighted that only 31% of Bulgarians possess basic digital literacy skills, trailing behind the average of 54%. Yolovsky, leading the Digital Decade Council, emphasized the urgency to propel rapid advancement in this sphere.
New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools
Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country's plummeting literacy rates.
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The US State Department with a Project Against Disinformation in Bulgaria
The US State Department is donating a 900,000-dollar grant to help Bulgarian society acquire skills to distinguish between false information and disinformation. The project was presented yesterday afternoon in Sofia. The event coincided with the visit of the Deputy Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the US State Department, Elizabeth Allen.
Slovenian children worse at reading
The literacy of Slovenian children has decreased for the first time since 2001, show the latest results of PIRLS, an international assessment of reading achievements of 10-year-olds.
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Campaign encouraging kids to read receives award in Dublin
Ljubljana – The nationwide Reading Badge association, which promotes reading among children, teenagers and adults, received an award for innovation in promoting reading culture at the 22nd European Conference on Literacy in Dublin. It was rewarded for 60 years of uninterrupted innovative efforts for encouraging reading.
North Macedonia’s Population Poorly Educated, Census Data Show
More than 508,000 residents of North Macedonia, more than a quarter of the 1.8 million population, have either not received any formal education, or started but did not finish high school, data on education and literacy from the census conducted last year show.
A fifth of Slovenians have well-developed digital competences
Ljubljana – Digital skills of Slovenians are quite developed, shows an analysis by the national Statistics Office. Digital literacy is lowest among the elderly (65 to 74) and the unemployed. The country is still lacking in digital and data literacy and using ICT compared to the rest of the EU.
Bulgarian Schools Have New Mission - Save Future of School Dropouts from Poverty
Often around education-related dates, such as September 15 (the start of the school year in Bulgaria) and May 24 (the national Day of Education, Literacy and Culture), we take stock that we owe a lot to our teachers and what we have learned over the years at school.
Worrying and startling data for Serbia: 850.000
At the same time, every fifth person in our country does not have a high school diploma, Blic writes.
The fact that 2.68 percent of the population in Serbia is without schooling, 11 percent with incomplete primary education, and 20.76 percent with primary education, while almost two percent are illiterate (1.96) is also devastating.
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