The final stage of the travels of the “SOS – Save the Education Now!” teams has come to an end

13/03/10

During the past two weeks the four mobile teams of “SOS – Save the Education Now” have passed through the last remaining cities of Bulgaria. They were in Stara Zagora and Ruse on the 5th of March; Vidin, Vratza, Haskovo and Razgrad on the 6th of March; Montana, Kustendil and Kardzhali on the 7th of March and in Pernik, Smolyan and Dobrich on the 13th of March.

As well as the past week, the tents of the initiative supporting the reform in higher education were well visited. Every single day, they had over 300-400 visiting people, despite the bad weather, which had been following the young people throughout the whole country. The people were in a constant crowd and the notebooks for ideas and suggestions regarding higher education were gradually filling up. The people who left a video message regarding the reform in higher education or just expressing their support were also not few. The young people shared their non-satisfaction from the quality of education, as well as the conditions in which they are taught at the moment, they gave ideas on how achieve improvements. There was no lack of older people, who also took part in the campaign. They supported the will and initiative of the young to take the future in their own hands and shared their own experience from many years ago. In all of the cities in which the campaign took hold the outcome is clear – the reform in higher education is supported by everyone and it is of exceptional necessity to be achieved as fast as possible.

Guests on the spots in the different cities were local members of parliament, mayors and regional governors, who had also come to express their support. There was no lack of media interest – reports and interviews with the faces of the campaign were constantly broadcasted and published on Nova Television, Darik Radio and the Standart Newspaper, which are media partners of the campaign, as well as various local media.

In this way, in the continuation of one month the youth – organisers of the campaign “SOS – Save the Education Now!” passed through all of the regional cities and higher education centers in Bulgaria. They heard the opinion of over 10 000 people and collected the suggestions of several thousand people.
In the moment all of the ideas, which have been collected are being looked at and finalized and will be later given in a special conference directly to Mr. Ignatov – Minister of Education, Youth and Science.