The Ministry of Education and Culture announced the vacations for the new school year. The autumn vacation for students will be from October 31 to November 3, the spring vacation - from March 29 to April 6, and for twelfth-graders - from April 4 to 6. This is written in the order for determining the schedule of school time after the end public discussion, reported by Nova TV.
In the draft schedule proposed by the Ministry, a vacation of 10 consecutive days was foreseen for students from 1st to 11th grade in the period April 12 – April 21 inclusive, and for the twelfth graders 5 days of rest – from April 17 to April 21 inclusive. Easter holidays were also included in this distribution. In the process of public discussion, the opinion prevailed that the spring break should not be combined with the Easter holidays. That is why the Ministry of Education and Culture has 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 holidays for students at Christmas and New Year. The project 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 the deadline. 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 autumn 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 academic year and for Year 7, which will allow for most days off during the term.