Transcript 03 North Central Region, Bulgaria

Dr. Stelian Dimitrov
Assoc. professor
North Central region- Bulgaria
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showing where it is
About the region
• Situated in Central North Bulgaria
Silistra
• Includes 5 Districts, 36 municipalities,
Veliko
Tarnovo
Razgrad
995 settlements, 39 towns and cities
Gabrovo
Ruse
•Total area: 14.9 thousand sq.km
(13.5% of the territory of the country)
•Population 931950
•Economy: 9.7% of the GDP
•Serious internal disparities
Tsarevets and St. Dimitar Church in Veliko Tarnovo
Drianovo Monastery and Etara (Gabrovo)
Our educational situation at
present
In the region are situated four Higher educational institutions:
•Veliko Tarnovo University “St. Cyril and Methodius”
•Technical University “Rouse”
•Technical University- Gabrovo
•D.A. Tzenov Academy of Economics
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region
Aprilovska High school in Gabrovo- the first highschool in Bulgaria
in the time when the country was part of Ottoman Empire
Educational level in the region
Gabrovo
Veliko Tarnovo
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2
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4
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7
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9
Rouse
Razgrad
1-Higher
Silistra
2-Higher (specialist)
3-high school
4- Basic
5- Elementary
6-Unfinished elementary
7- Illiterate
8- child
9-not shown
Our Vision for the education in the
region
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More flexible
More orientated towards region’s potential
Cross-border cooperation (Romania)
More accessible
Opened for international students- courses in
English
Unicreds for us
• Chance to share and gain experience
• Good fundament for establishment of regional
policy using higher education as “driving
force”
• Good opportunity to promote the benefits of
higher education as driving force for regional
development