Balgarianovinite.com The Progressive Bulgaria (PB) parliamentary group has proposed amendments to the Pre-school and School Education Act aimed at identifying pupils’ language difficulties at an early stage, developing moral, social and civic competences and introducing Virtues and Religion as a school subject, the PB press office said on Friday.
The amendments provide for standardized tools to assess children’s language skills upon admission to kindergarten, at the end of pre-school education, and upon enrolment in first grade for children who have not attended kindergarten. Assessments would also be conducted for children returning from abroad and those granted international or temporary protection.
Based on the assessment, the school will determine what support is needed to meet each child’s specific needs.
At the end of first grade, pupils who have not achieved satisfactory results in Bulgarian language and literature will undergo an additional assessment.
Another proposed change is the introduction of a new compulsory subject, Virtues and Religion, aimed at fostering moral qualities, respect, empathy, responsibility and civic virtues. Pupils will be able to choose among three options: Orthodox Christianity; Islam; or virtues, ethics and civic education.
The subject will be introduced in the 2028/2029 school year for pupils entering first grade and extended to each successive grade in the following years.
In late 2025, Danko Kalapish, head of the 107th Khan Krum Primary School, said that more than 12,000 pupils in Bulgaria were studying religion as part of extended or optional classes. The available courses were Orthodox Christianity, Islam and non-denominational religious education. Progressive Bulgaria Proposes Early Language Assessment, and Virtues and Religions Subject in 2028/2029 School Year 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-24 16:05:49 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
