Ministers and members of parliament from GERB discussed the reform in higher education in Pernik

25/02/10

The school carnival Fasching 2010 was held on the 25th of February in Pernik, under the patronage of Mr. Ignatov – Minister of Education, Youth and Science and Irena Sokolova – Member of Parliament from GERB. It was attended by Simeon Djankov – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, as well as members of parliament from GERB – Monika Panayotova, Dobroslav Dimitrov, Svetlen Tanchev, Lyuben Tatarski and Stoyan Mavrodiev.

One hour earlier Minister Ignatov held a special press conference about the problems in higher education. During which he highlighted, that the Bulgarian education needs to become competitive to the European and that our legislation needs to be synchronized with that of Europe. He gave the recently started campaign of MGERB – “SOS – Save the Education Now!” as a good example in this direction. One of the ways to achieve the reform in education is the participation of society and especially the young people in the creation of a modern and effective legislation. In this connection during the campaign in the different cities of the country, there will be an accepting of proposals for changes in legislation, which will be taken under consideration in the forging of the new law for higher education.

Monika Panayotova – Chairwoman of MGERB and one of the youngest members of parliament explained in short the ideas of the campaign, highlighting the three main accents: We want to study in Bulgaria; We don’t want just diplomas, we want real knowledge and We don’t want corruption in education. She also shared that the mobile teams of the campaign will be in Pernik on the 13th of March. That is when all citizens from Pernik who want can contribute to the forging of the new law, through their ideas and suggestions in connection with the reform in higher education.