Elementary education in Bulgaria typically begins at age 6 or 7 and lasts for 4 years. Students study core subjects like Bulgarian, math, English, science, and history. The school day runs from 8am to 6pm, with classes lasting 45 minutes and short breaks between. Students can stay after school for homework help, activities, or just socializing in a supervised room. The goal is to teach students responsibility, manners, understanding of others, and respect.

1. Elementary Education and
32 SOU “St. Kliment Ohridski”

2. The Beginning of The School

3. Once the children have
reached 6 or7 years of
age (depending on the
parents’ decision) they
start to study at
elementary school.
The parents must
provide a copy of the
their children’s birth
certificate and the
certificate of
completing the pre-
primary level of
education e.g.
kindergarten.

4. If the child’s
documents are not
written in Bulgarian,
they must be
translated and be
approved by the
Ministry of
Education and
Science.

5. And when the kids find out that they’re
starting school, they look like this:

6. What to know about
the elementary
education in Bulgaria?

7. The elementary education lasts 4 years
(from 1st to 4th grade).

8. In every
school and level
of education,
children start
to study the
basics of all
the subjects:
Alphabet –
Language;
Numbers on
Maths and etc.

9. There is only one teacher for all subjects
which are:

10. 1. Bulgarian
2. Literature
3. Maths
4. English(from the 1st grade)
5. Russian(from the 3rd grade)
6. The Human and Nature
(Biology)
7. The Human and Society
(History)
8. Arts
9. Music
10. Computer Studies
11. Lifestyle and Technology
12. Sports

11. Everyday Routine

12. School starts at
8 o’clock in the
morning ..

13. There are 5 or 6 lessons per
day. Each lesson lasts 45
minutes.

14. After each
lesson, there is
a short break of
10 minutes. But
after the 3rd
class, the break
is twice as long
(20 mins) and
during it the
children can
eat:

15. Krenvirshki

16. Soft cookies

17. Croissants

18. When the school
classes finish, the
pupils can stay at
school and do
their homework,
entertain
themselves or just
spend time doing
something else
guided by a
teacher in a room
of safety called
“zanimalnia”.

19. If the child
has
difficulties in
understanding
the taught
material or a
lesson at
school, their
teacher can
help them.

20. And after staying all day at school
(from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m), the kids will look
very tired like this:

21. Students and teachers from the primaly level of the 32nd Foreign
Languages Secondary school (SOU) “St. Kliment Ohridski”

26. The children at our school are taught :

27. • to be responsible and hard-working …

28. • to have good
manners and be
understanding
and honest with
each other …

29. • to respect the others
and don’t fight or
argue.

30. “Teachers open the
door, but you must
enter by yourself.”
(Chinese Proverb)

31. THE END
Presented by:
Aleksandra Toneva
Claudia K. Cappai
Velimir Karabashev