Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

In-person school attendance depends on success of vaccination: Education Minister

Krasimir Valchev
Photo: BGNES, archive

“It is our wish to have more in-person attendance and we can achieve this to a higher degree and sooner if we have more vaccinated teachers,” Education Minister Krasimir Valchev said during question time in parliament today.

There are more than 160,000 people employed in the system of education, the teaching staff are 90,000 in number.

A trade union study shows that teachers have a positive attitude to vaccines, that they are interested and seek scientific proof of their effectiveness though many of them are not finding a sufficient amount of information yet. That is why a more serious campaign to raise vaccine awareness is needed, Minister Valchev said. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Sunny, windy and cold in the morning

On Tuesday it will be sunny and windy in most parts of the country. Clouds will develop in the northeast and along the Black Sea coast, where it may rain in places.  Lows will be between 5 and 10°C, 5°C in Sofia. Highs will be between 16 and 21°C...

published on 9/30/24 7:05 PM

Some Bulgarians in Lebanon have been evacuated on a government aircraft flight

Bulgaria has begun evacuating our fellow citizens who expressed a desire to leave Beirut following Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Some of the Bulgarians in Lebanon have already been evacuated on a government aircraft flight, BNR's correspondent Mira..

published on 9/30/24 5:59 PM

Eurostat: Young Bulgarians leave their parental home at an average age of 30

The highest average age of young people in the EU leaving their parental home was recorded in Croatia (31.8 years), Slovakia (31 years), Spain (30.4 years), Bulgaria, and Italy (30 years in both countries). Finland (21.4 years), Sweden and Denmark..

published on 9/30/24 5:29 PM