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hi every one,

this is our experience of getting our three children into a BG school.

our children are twins aged 8 and a girl aged 10.

Firstly we went to visit a few schools with a translater, just to get a look around them.

after choosing the school that we liked the best, we asked the Directer (head master/mistress) what we needed to to to get them enrolled.

we were told that we needed the childrens last school report,birth certificates translated and notorisied, then to visit the educational director in Burgas to get the application forms.

well we were told that she spends only two days in Burgas and the rest of the week in Sofia, so we had a Bulgarian friend ring the office, and we were told to go to the school and to tell the school director to ring her...then the children could start school right away

so today weve done just that, the children start school tomorrow morning(tuesday)

we also got the applications forms from the educational director, these must be filled in in Bulgarian and each has a tax of ten leva.
once they are submitted it can take up to two months to process, but no body seems interested in being offical....it makes a first.

things that we have been told by several people during this process is that we must go to sofia get the children enrolled....what a crock of SH1T% as all this can be done in your nearest city.

things that the school will provide are free lunch as the children are under 12 and also they get 150 hours extra Bulgarian lessons each per year free....wish i could sit in on this...lol.

also if your british you do not have to pay any fee for your childrens education under EU rules!!!!!

our children speak no bulgarian, and the school have told us that its not a problem...i wll let you know how they have faired later.

bobski.

Fantastic to know that the children have settled into Bulgarian nicely. Most children adapt quite quickly to change delighted it has all worked out for everyone.

Oddy

Been hyping our son up over the few months about going to school,cometh the day (today) we take him down there,get interviewed by the local press and tv about him going to school in BG. Shake hands with the Shumen region education minister who wishes him good luck. Watch the dancing and listen to the speeches finally it all finished and everyone filterd in. We were introduced to the director and taken up to his office where he promptly started on about documents from the UK to prove what class and what education he has. We got the general impression he could not be botherd!!Tried explaining to him that we do not have documentation in UK, but he was so bloody minded that he would not accept our son until he had some sort of proof!! Its our son we feel sorry for ,he was so hyped up and looking forward to it ,but in the end nothing. Next stop the Mayor me thinks!! And people wonder why we dislike this godforsaken country!!

First of all can I say I've missed your posts Lou great to see you back on here again :Thanks1:I'm not too surprised about the problems your having with the Bg schools its the same with anything in Bg its all paperwork and tax and if you haven't got what they want then as far as they are concerned its tuff this sort of thing wouldn't really happen in any other country so why is it allowed to go on in Bg I do feel for your son and its his feelings that should have been paramount in this situation, good luck and let us know how it goes

Thanks BGtravellerhave not been on here as we have had a lot of problems with vivacom.As they say a week is a long time in politics!! or a few hours in our case!! We have finally come to some arrangement with the school (not what you know but who you know) nudge nudge wink wink!! We told the head that we would go and see the town mayor and before you could blink all was sorted (with the aid of a friend) and no money crossing palms (a first) so hopefully all things being equal, MONDAY

Good luck for Monday and I'm glad the natter is sorted out now I think your right in what you say about its not what you know but who you know and I'm amazed you didn't have to part with any gold or turn up with your great grandparents and their grandparents

Oh no you spoke to soon BGtraveller!! Went into the school this morning to register(or so we thought) Got there at ten ,produced ,passport, visa and birth cirtificate. Asked yet again (thru translator on end of phone) where our sons documents from the UK were? Told them we"
do not document everything like BG"
,"
why not "
came the reply "
because we dont"
!!yada yada yada. We were told that our son would have to go into "
perviy class"
,just what we had suggested two days ago!! Went outside while somebody phoned the Shumen district education minister, because the office was too small and hot,promptly to be called back in,now comes the good bit thru another phone translator we we told that a fee of 800 EUROS yes EUROS was a years fee for our son. If we were here working with a firm it would be free!! Makes no sense at all, hubby produced a directive from the EU stating that "
children from other member states are entitled to free eduction"
. As it stands at the moment ,if we take our bussiness documents in he will get free education, BUT ,ours is a non working company!! He can go in on Monday but he will not be registerd as being at the school until the paperwork is sorted! :Headbang:Chuffing place!!

So do I take it that you will still have to pay 800 Euros? or have they waved it now, I haven't seen the eu directive so I can't comment on what it says? do you have a link to it so we can have a look hope you get it sorted this must be driving you mad and thats not to say what it must be doing to your son

This is not good and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it I think that you have to pay anything at all

I've just been doing a bit of searching and come across this

Starting school in a new country

As EU citizens, your children are entitled to attend school in any EU country under the same conditions as nationals of that country.

They have the right to be placed in a class with their own age group, at the equivalent level to their class in your country of origin - regardless of their language level. which can be found here [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ... ?profile=0 there is a lot more on there if you want to have a look

Will have a look thankyou verymuch

send an email to solvit, you will get a response by email in a few days. its direct from the eu, its free.

Hi Lou I don't know if you have sorted out this problem but I found this

Based on Directive 77/486/EEC, EU Members are required to offer free tuition to children of workers who are nationals of another EU member state, including in particular the teaching of the official language of the host state;
to train teachers for this purpose;
and to promote, along with regular education, the mother tongue and culture of the country of origin.

How are you getting on with this? is your son in schools yet?

sarah

No he is not in school. This is how daft it has gotten. We found out via different sources that the director of the school is a member of communist party. Could it be his political bias not letting our son in? :Headbang:just a thought!