The Ministry of Education is ready for the elections. The question is how much those who work on the territory of schools will comply with the orders. At the moment, there is no political propaganda in schools. This was stated by the acting Minister of Health, Prof. Sergey Ignatov, in the program "Wake up" on Nova TV.
He also commented on the premise of corporate voting in schools: "If the director is appointed or a supporter of a party, he can put pressure on those working in the school. There may be some impact - it may also be in material terms". And he specified that at the moment there are no signals of such pressure.
The Minister of Education noted that so far there are no problems related to repair activities in schools.
The day after the elections is April 20 and the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising is being celebrated. I announced that this day will be a day of attendance, but no school. We also want those who will succeed us to make April 20 a day of attendance, but no school, to commemorate the April Uprising. Our government will leave such a proposal, Professor Ignatov also indicated.
The Minister of Education also commented on the case of the private school "Kosmos". We recall that the 15-year-old boy who died on "Okolchitsa" was a student at the school. "There was an inspection carried out by the Ministry of Education before I joined the ministry. There were missing documents that later appeared. We handed over these materials to the prosecutor's office because the Ministry of Education and Science could not understand how this child appeared. The contract with the parents was also missing. We did not receive information in what form this child went to school", explained Prof. Ignatov. The acting minister also clarified that the issue of the license of the "Kosmos" school is not on the agenda.
According to him, after this case, the question arose of whether all schools are registering absences. The minister noted that inspections have been launched in many places in the country. And he specified that the system is working well, there are some places where absences are not registered.
Regarding 18-year-old Bilgin, who committed suicide in Nova Mahala, the acting minister indicated: "There was constant violence towards him - verbally by the teacher who left the school. All three people involved in the case no longer work at the school. According to him, there is information about physical violence against the child.
Prof. Sergey Ignatov added that there was another case of suicide, but it was not related to the school.