External evaluation after 4th grade did not show worse results than last year, although children in this class studied online for 2 years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ministry of Education is updating the way of testing from year to year - by including more open questions, to measure the ability to read comprehension

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This was stated to Radio Sofia by Asen Alexandrov, chairman of the Association of Directors in Secondary Education and director of the 51st Elisaveta Bagryan Secondary School in Sofia.

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According to him, the tests so far have been very schematic and when you have to indicate the correct one out of 3 answers - this does not encourage thinking.

Parents should not pay much attention to grades - they are some kind of labels to guide where children should focus on learning.

When there is no national external evaluation, teachers, under pressure from loving parents, write many sixes.

This devalues ​​the efforts of truly better students.

On the other hand, when a child receives a lower grade in the 5th grade, "tragedies" occur.

"Parents want to see excellent grades without caring if they deserve it. Sixes can't be 50%," Alexandrov said.

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