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Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2023/2024 School Year

Published at: 26.04.2024 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

  • In 2023/2024 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 216.9 thousand children.
  • In 2023, the number of basic education graduates was 63.4 thousand students and the number of upper-secondary education graduates from general and vocational programmes was respectively 24.2 and 15.4 thousand students.
  • In 2023/2024 academic year, there were 190.5 thousand students enrolled at the different tertiary education levels (professional bachelor, bachelor and master’s).
  • As of 31.12.2023, for acquiring a doctor’s educational and scientific degree in the country 6 095 persons were trained, of whom 651 were non-residents.
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