1. Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Task Force Education and Youth South Eastern European Education Reform Implementation Initiative Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform Working Meeting of Seniors Officials from SEE Bucharest, 27-30 March 2003 Adaptation of the necessary legislative norms in accordance with the European dimension and the priorities of the National educational reform, preparation and implementation of the new curriculum and syllabus Country: Bulgaria Author: Sofia Dimitrova

2. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 1. Priority Area 1 – Adaptation of existing national legal frameworks in line with ongoing European developments and national reform priorities 1 – Adaptation of existing national legal frameworks in line with ongoing European developments and national reform priorities 4 – Curriculum reform in line with European trends and developments 4 – Curriculum reform in line with European trends and developments

3. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 2. General Objective(s) Achieving competitive secondary education. Achieving competitive secondary education.

4. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 3. Specific Objectives Giving better choice to children and pupils Giving better choice to children and pupils Developing of the specific skills of the pupils in addition to academic knowledge Developing of the specific skills of the pupils in addition to academic knowledge

5. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 4. Target Group(s) Children Children Pupils Pupils Teachers Teachers Parents Parents The community The community

6. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 5. Activities Providing compulsory general educational process for everybody, as well as foreign language learning and computer competence Providing compulsory general educational process for everybody, as well as foreign language learning and computer competence

7. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 6. Partners Involved Pupils Pupils Teachers Teachers Parents Parents Higher educational establishments Higher educational establishments Trade unions Trade unions

8. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 7. Resources From the budget of the Ministry of Education and Science and a World Bank Loan. From the budget of the Ministry of Education and Science and a World Bank Loan.

9. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 8. Achievements to Date Implementation of the new curriculum and syllabus throughout the country Implementation of the new curriculum and syllabus throughout the country

10. Good Practice in Education and Training Development and Reform 9. Perspectives Better quality of the educational process for all Better quality of the educational process for all