Valorization conference of the "Lifelong Learning Program"

10 YEARS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CENTER

For the 10 year anniversary celebrating the creation of the Human Resource Development Center, on the 18th of December, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, the first valorization conference of the European "Lifelong Learning program" was held. Sectoral programs were presented in the programs: Comenius for school education, Erasmus for higher education, Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training and Grundtvig - adult education.  Teachers and principals of schools with winning projects were invited to the conference. Eng. P. Kouchlev, director of PGEE and eng. A. Sendova, head of one of the winning projects, attended from our school.

During the conference,  high quality completed projects under the European sectoral program Leonardo da Vinci, supporting vocational education and training in Bulgaria, were recognized. Excellent projects from the sectoral European program Comenius and Bulgarian ambassadors to the European community of teachers eTwinning were presented as well. They are eight in number: Rosica Dimova, Regional Inspectorate of Education - city Sofia, Christina Baeva, Regional Inspectorate of Education - Shoumen, Elena Lazarova from the National Institute for Training Directors, Bankya, Antoaneta Sendova from PGEE “Kapitan Petko Voyvoda”, Kardzhali, Gorica Lazarova from the school "Brothers Peter and Ivan Kanazirevi”, Razlog, Eugenia Tzvetanova from Kindergarten 25" Brothers Grimm ", Shoumen, Svetlana Varbanova of FBS”Vasil Levski”, Dobrich, Theodora Valova, High School Foreign Languages, Pleven.

In the event students and teachers presented their talents and skills acquired and developed through their participation in European educational programs.

Thanks to the activities of Bulgarian eTwinning ambassadors, more schools in the country are turning to the use of the system not only as a platform for communication, but also as a basis for starting the projects funded under the “Lifelong Learning Program".

Our Vocational School was awarded for the project "ICT in Electrical drawing ..." led by eng.Antoaneta Sendova. The award was presented by Deputy Minister of Education Mrs. Lomeva and Director of the HRDC Mrs. Gabova.

Students from THE ELECTRONICS will work in a real working environment

Under the project "Collaboration in education" 60 students from 11th and 12th grade from PGEE will have the opportunity to work in  five of the largest companies in the Kardzhali region - GORUBSO-KARDJALI JSC, FORMOPLAST JSC, PNEUMATICS-CERTA JSC, EL CONSTRUCTION LTD, S&B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS JSC, all of which are partners of  our vocational school.

For this work under the project the students will receive a salary of 480lv and certificates of the training provided.

The project is funded with the support of the Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2007-2013, financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union, and is to the value of 57 928.58 Euro. The project aim is to achieve higher levels of quality and innovation in vocational education and training for competitiveness in the European market, and to create sustainable links between education, training and business. Classes will be held simultaneously in all enterprises. Practical training for each student will continue in the firms for 30 working days.

PGEE PARTICIPATED IN A PRESTIGIOUS FORUM

On 8-10 December in Bourgas the "Days of Comenius in Bulgaria" was held. The event was organized by the Human Resource Development Center. Our vocational school received a special invitation. In order to present our successful practice in this program,  Mr. Petko Kushlev, director of PGEE Kapitan Petko voyvoda, and Mrs. Margarita Stamova, deputy director and coordinator of the project traveled to this seaside town. In his presentation entitled: Activity Assistantship , Mr. Kushlev explained about Assistant Anita Laube, a teacher from Germany, who was teaching German in PGEE during last school year.

Directors of schools from Sofia, Stara Zagora, Blagoevgrad, Bourgas, Dobrich, Veliko Tarnovo, Varna, Vratsa, took part in this prestigious event. There they exchanged ideas and experience useful for future cooperation.