2024-08-31 06:41:30
The Ministry of Education and Culture announced the vacations for the new academic year. The students’ autumn vacation will be from October 31 to November 3, spring – from March 29 to April 6, and for twelfth graders – from April 4 to 6. This is recorded in the order for determining the schedule of school hours after the public discussion has ended.
In the draft schedule proposed by the Ministry, a holiday of 10 consecutive days was foreseen for students from 1st to 11th grade in the period April 12 – April 21 inclusive, and for twelfth graders 5 days of rest – from April 17 to April 21 inclusive. This distribution also included the Easter weekend. In the process of public discussion, the opinion prevailed that the spring vacation should not be combined with the Easter holidays. That’s why the Ministry of Education and Culture complied with the numerous proposals to separate it from Easter and moved it to the days from March 29 to April 6, and for twelfth-graders – from April 4 to 6, the department announced.
The Ministry also took into account the received requests for changes in the school holidays for Christmas and New Year. The draft proposed a longer winter vacation of 13 days (December 24 – January 5 inclusive) at the expense of only three days off at the beginning of November (November 1 – November 3) and one (February 4) between the two school terms. After numerous comments and suggestions, this was revised. The Christmas vacation will start from December 21 and will last until January 2 inclusive, and the midterm is moved to February 5. This also allows for an increase in the fall vacation, which will be from October 31 to November 3.
To offer this increased number of days off, National External Assessment exam days become school days for all students. So far, the exams in the 7th grade in Bulgarian language and literature and in mathematics were on a non-school day. In the previous year, for the first time, the National External Assessment for the 10th grade was held on a school day, which the system handled without disruption. This will apply in the 2024/2025 school year and for 7th grade, allowing for most days off during the school term.