BULGARIA
Hristo Botev Comprehensive School
Hristo Botev Comprehensive school is the oldest and the biggest school in Kubrat municipality, in the Northeast Bulgaria, Razgrad Region. It consists of three educational levels - primary /1.-4. grades/; lower secondary /basic/ with 5.- 7. grades and upper secondary /9.-12. grades/. There are 54 teachers who work there /bachelors or masters of general subjects, ICT, English language, primary education/ and pedagogical advisor, too. The school serves 640 students /7 - 19 years/, from a few of the surrounding villages and from the town. These students come from families of three ethnic origin groups – Bulgarians, Turks and Roma.
The school is popular with the quality of education and with the work on several national and European programs. We are well known with managing many students' activities and successful multicultural dialogue. There are also numerous students with special educational needs in all school levels who are well integrated.
Teachers organize not only a successful educational process but also trying to give students needed competences to live better life in the future. Students participate in regional, national and international competitions on numerous topics: - school subjects Olympics /as Chemistry, Astronomy, Civil Education, Biology, English/; essay writing and drawing competitions; project competitions about human rights and environmental protection etc. Our students won national competition and visited the European parliament in Strasbourg three times. Since 2004 we have participated in over 20 projects donated by national programs, by Lifelong Learning Programme and the current Erasmus+ program.
The school is equipped with five computer labs, five multimedia and smart boards. There are classes at upper secondary level specialized in foreign languages learning and ICT. Our students learn English and Russian as foreign language.
In 2014 we were approved by National Agency and now we worked on KA1 Erasmus+ project staff mobility about improving the teachers' competences on using ICT and new approaches in foreign languages /English/ teaching. There were 12 teachers who participated in several courses, workshops and conferences and now they apply the innovative methods in their classroom work.
Our level of school work is assessed by the National external evaluation for students of 4. grade, 7. grade and 12. grade. We achieved one of the best results in Razgrad region. For 2015 we were appointed to participate in PISA evaluation.
The school is popular with the quality of education and with the work on several national and European programs. We are well known with managing many students' activities and successful multicultural dialogue. There are also numerous students with special educational needs in all school levels who are well integrated.
Teachers organize not only a successful educational process but also trying to give students needed competences to live better life in the future. Students participate in regional, national and international competitions on numerous topics: - school subjects Olympics /as Chemistry, Astronomy, Civil Education, Biology, English/; essay writing and drawing competitions; project competitions about human rights and environmental protection etc. Our students won national competition and visited the European parliament in Strasbourg three times. Since 2004 we have participated in over 20 projects donated by national programs, by Lifelong Learning Programme and the current Erasmus+ program.
The school is equipped with five computer labs, five multimedia and smart boards. There are classes at upper secondary level specialized in foreign languages learning and ICT. Our students learn English and Russian as foreign language.
In 2014 we were approved by National Agency and now we worked on KA1 Erasmus+ project staff mobility about improving the teachers' competences on using ICT and new approaches in foreign languages /English/ teaching. There were 12 teachers who participated in several courses, workshops and conferences and now they apply the innovative methods in their classroom work.
Our level of school work is assessed by the National external evaluation for students of 4. grade, 7. grade and 12. grade. We achieved one of the best results in Razgrad region. For 2015 we were appointed to participate in PISA evaluation.
CONTACT PERSON : MAYA RADEVA