“Education and innovation are the recipe of Bulgaria’s future success.” This is the new mantra championed by Bulgaria’s President, Rosen Plevneliev, in a meeting with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia yesterday.
Bulgaria is a nation that demands that higher emphasis be placed on education, especially in the secondary vocational sector. Speaking with the Chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of sciences, academic Stefan Vodenicharn and 14 other colleagues expressed their desire to see their work on the future educational operation program continued.
Plevneliev continued by setting himself a set of development goals to be reached by the end of 2013. These include a careful plan and preparation for a new educational program with an emphasis on science.
The significance of the sciences in the President’s plans will culminate in the creation of a National Innovation Fund, designed to support fresh and innovative ideas found in businesses and high schools nationwide.
The board will be empowered to make “transparent decisions in favor of the development of innovations” in Bulgaria, since the country currently lags behind its European counterparts within the scientific fields.
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will be involved in drafting the specifics of the National Innovation Fund, with particular proposals. Scientists working within the academy have outlined their priorities, stating that they seek “a working model and program for adapted education of the Roma Community in Bulgaria, legislative changes regarding scientific ranks and encouragement of scientific research, with emphasis on mathematical and engineering specialties.”
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