Kindergartens, children, pedagogical staff, places and groups in the kindergartens by statistical zones, statistical regions, districts and municipalities

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KINDERGARTENS, CHILDREN ENROLLED, PEDAGOGICAL STAFF AND GROUPS IN THE KINDERGARTENS BY STATISTICAL ZONE, STATISTICAL REGION, DISTRICT AND MUNICIPALITY IN 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR¹

(Number)
Statistical zone Statistical region District Municipality	Independent kindergartens	Children enrolled		Pedagogical staff²		Children's groups
		total	of which: girls	total	of which: teachers
		total	of which: girls	total	of which: teachers
Total	1 830	217 247	105 575	20 907	18 022	9 409
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	985	101 986	49 542	9 922	8 598	4 456
Severozapaden	221	20 635	10 118	2 060	1 801	927
Vidin	24	2 042	987	218	198	101
Belogradchik	1	155	87	14	13	7
Boynitsa	1	20	9	2	2	1
Bregovo	1	85	46	9	8	4
Vidin	8	1 252	592	130	117	60
Gramada	1	28	17	4	4	2
Dimovo	3	177	91	17	15	8
Kula	1	67	30	7	6	3
Makresh	1	23	11	4	4	2
Novo Selo	1	68	28	11	10	5
Ruzhintsi	4	113	47	16	15	8
Chuprene	2	54	29	4	4	2
Vratsa	43	5 107	2 513	528	456	228
Borovan	2	177	88	22	20	10
Byala Slatina	5	699	344	68	63	32
Vratsa	15	2 095	1 044	220	176	88
Kozloduy	7	748	374	63	57	29
Krivodol	2	236	124	25	24	12
Mezdra	5	532	269	61	52	26
Mizia	1	144	66	15	14	7
Oryahovo	4	225	101	26	24	12
Roman	1	160	62	15	14	7
Hayredin	1	91	41	13	12	6
Lovech	31	3 477	1 705	340	303	160
Apriltsi	1	72	33	9	8	4
Letnitsa	1	111	53	10	9	5
Lovech	8	912	435	81	70	36
Lukovit	5	626	336	59	52	28
Teteven	6	575	277	64	58	29
Troyan	7	726	351	79	70	39
Ugarchin	2	187	94	18	17	9
Yablanitsa	1	268	126	20	19	11
Montana	47	3 404	1 664	322	292	153
Berkovitsa	5	421	221	40	37	20
Boychinovtsi	6	226	104	23	22	11
Brusartsi	3	123	52	13	13	7
Valchedram	6	239	130	23	23	12
Varshets	1	182	82	16	15	10
Georgi Damyanovo	1	18	8	2	2	1
Lom	9	526	255	53	47	25
Medkovets	2	104	51	8	8	5
Montana	12	1 425	682	129	111	57
Chiprovtsi	1	21	12	4	4	2
Yakimovo	1	119	67	11	10	5
Pleven	76	6 605	3 249	652	552	286
Belene	2	139	68	22	17	8
Gulyantsi	5	194	101	26	22	11
Dolna Mitropolia	8	433	208	43	39	20
Dolni Dabnik	7	313	148	30	28	14
Iskar	2	130	56	12	11	6
Knezha	5	419	198	42	36	19
Levski	4	404	200	36	34	17
Nikopol	4	139	81	17	16	8
Pleven	33	3 559	1 756	335	277	147
Pordim	1	143	69	14	13	7
Cherven Bryag	5	732	364	75	59	29
Severen tsentralen	205	20 611	10 035	2 154	1 851	942
Veliko Tarnovo	73	6 337	3 119	651	550	286
Veliko Tarnovo	25	2 629	1 305	259	211	110
Gorna Oryahovitsa	8	1 165	553	114	95	50
Elena	5	203	102	24	19	10
Zlataritsa	4	111	57	13	13	8
Lyaskovets	6	303	143	34	30	15
Pavlikeni	10	569	288	52	48	25
Polski Trambesh	3	278	159	23	21	12
Svishtov	7	691	338	86	71	37
Strazhitsa	4	346	159	42	38	19
Suhindol	1	42	15	4	4	2
Gabrovo	19	2 714	1 336	265	227	114
Gabrovo	10	1 371	685	133	112	56
Dryanovo	1	163	81	17	14	7
Sevlievo	5	960	460	93	83	42
Tryavna	3	220	110	22	18	9
Razgrad	51	3 156	1 531	359	317	160
Zavet	5	221	112	22	20	10
Isperih	14	620	291	70	62	31
Kubrat	5	368	161	52	47	24
Loznitsa	3	170	94	22	20	10
Razgrad	20	1 522	738	154	133	68
Samuil	2	158	82	23	21	11
Tsar Kaloyan	2	97	53	16	14	7
Ruse	39	5 527	2 688	568	500	253
Borovo	1	81	38	9	8	4
Byala	2	276	120	35	31	16
Vetovo	3	274	147	31	27	14
Dve Mogili	2	173	85	20	17	9
Ivanovo	1	133	75	16	15	8
Ruse	24	4 279	2 058	422	369	187
Slivo Pole	2	215	114	25	23	12
Tsenovo	4	96	51	10	10	5
Silistra	23	2 877	1 361	311	257	131
Alfatar	1	64	26	7	6	3
Glavinitsa	1	231	107	29	24	12
Dulovo	6	800	391	94	86	44
Kaynardzha	1	173	80	17	16	9
Silistra	9	1 116	512	116	83	42
Sitovo	2	135	66	16	14	7
Tutrakan	3	358	179	32	28	14
Severoiztochen	293	27 671	13 398	2 711	2 358	1 218
Varna	99	15 653	7 600	1 383	1 175	620
Avren	2	217	106	23	21	11
Aksakovo	8	635	342	65	58	31
Beloslav	5	360	182	40	32	16
Byala	1	96	47	11	10	16
Varna	61	11 993	5 731	1 034	864	447
Vetrino	2	118	61	14	12	6
Valchi Dol	4	197	98	24	21	12
Devnya	1	270	143	26	23	12
Dolni Chiflik	5	553	288	44	40	20
Dalgopol	4	387	187	35	31	18
Provadia	5	600	292	52	49	26
Suvorovo	1	227	123	15	14	7
Dobrich	78	4 504	2 167	498	446	225
Balchik	11	545	240	66	60	30
General Toshevo	9	301	143	35	32	16
Dobrich	12	2 137	1 040	207	179	91
Dobrich - selska	30	585	291	72	71	36
Kavarna	5	354	166	41	35	18
Krushari	1	120	51	13	12	6
Tervel	9	380	192	54	48	25
Shabla	1	82	44	10	9	5
Targovishte	21	2 863	1 378	300	261	133
Antonovo	1	92	48	13	12	6
Omurtag	2	315	143	37	35	18
Opaka	1	98	42	11	10	5
Popovo	4	637	315	69	59	30
Targovishte	13	1 721	830	170	145	74
Shumen	95	4 651	2 253	530	476	241
Veliki Preslav	6	228	112	31	28	14
Venets	6	127	50	21	18	9
Varbitsa	10	234	118	33	32	16
Kaolinovo	15	261	122	44	42	21
Kaspichan	6	217	100	22	21	12
Nikola Kozlevo	7	175	78	23	22	11
Novi Pazar	9	478	233	50	44	22
Smyadovo	3	136	65	15	14	7
Hitrino	5	91	51	12	12	6
Shumen	28	2 704	1 324	279	243	123
Yugoiztochen	266	33 069	15 991	2 997	2 588	1 370
Burgas	109	13 350	6 430	1 242	1 079	559
Aytos	7	827	391	83	75	39
Burgas	35	7 341	3 515	660	555	289
Kameno	5	253	127	25	24	12
Karnobat	7	636	318	59	53	29
Malko Tarnovo	2	61	33	8	8	4
Nesebar	11	1 005	502	92	81	41
Pomorie	7	965	465	87	78	40
Primorsko	1	169	79	19	18	10
Ruen	14	740	338	78	70	38
Sozopol	6	316	149	30	27	15
Sredets	5	424	207	42	37	19
Sungurlare	7	317	152	33	31	16
Tsarevo	2	296	154	26	22	11
Sliven	59	6 129	2 954	547	483	267
Kotel	6	459	202	43	41	24
Nova Zagora	20	913	421	98	86	48
Sliven	27	4 148	2 030	348	305	170
Tvarditsa	6	609	301	58	51	27
Stara Zagora	79	9 960	4 864	891	744	394
Bratya Daskalovi	6	219	111	23	22	12
Gurkovo	1	140	78	10	9	5
Galabovo	2	294	147	31	25	14
Kazanlak	14	2 204	1 052	219	170	86
Maglizh	4	342	177	39	24	13
Nikolaevo	1	220	100	19	18	9
Opan	1	17	10	2	2	1
Pavel Banya	10	408	212	35	32	17
Radnevo	6	514	262	57	52	27
Stara Zagora	30	4 988	2 415	405	344	182
Chirpan	4	614	300	51	46	29
Yambol	19	3 630	1 743	317	282	150
Bolyarovo	1	83	37	9	8	4
Elhovo	2	357	169	38	33	17
Straldzha	2	340	164	31	28	14
Tundzha	5	539	253	59	54	28
Yambol	9	2 311	1 120	180	159	87
Yugozapadna I Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	845	115 261	56 033	10 985	9 424	4 953
Yugozapaden	480	72 222	35 090	6 992	5 961	3 142
Blagoevgrad	73	10 538	5 182	1 017	908	482
Bansko	3	527	246	48	44	23
Belitsa	1	262	139	21	20	11
Blagoevgrad	13	2 649	1 288	249	215	127
Gotse Delchev	12	1 318	656	132	114	58
Garmen	6	624	306	71	61	32
Kresna	1	96	50	12	11	6
Petrich	7	1 792	892	140	128	69
Razlog	1	598	276	60	56	28
Sandanski	8	1 185	583	102	92	46
Satovcha	14	350	175	58	53	27
Simitli	2	394	185	42	40	20
Strumyani	1	147	80	15	14	7
Hadzhidimovo	3	281	131	32	29	15
Yakoruda	1	315	175	35	31	16
Kyustendil	19	3 197	1 580	281	250	129
Bobov dol	2	142	77	15	13	7
Boboshevo	1	40	14	4	4	2
Dupnitsa	6	1 248	618	109	95	49
Kocherinovo	1	95	47	11	9	5
Kyustendil	6	1 365	677	110	99	52
Nevestino	1	35	13	4	4	2
Rila	1	81	40	9	8	4
Sapareva Banya	1	191	94	19	18	9
Pernik	23	3 722	1 779	333	290	148
Breznik	1	141	69	11	10	5
Zemen	1	25	11	3	3	2
Kovachevtsi	1	15	4	2	2	1
Pernik	15	2 871	1 375	255	219	112
Radomir	4	597	287	55	50	26
Tran	1	73	33	7	6	3
Sofia	71	8 080	3 907	737	654	345
Anton	1	43	18	5	4	2
Bozhurishte	2	415	186	33	30	15
Botevgrad	11	1 125	555	108	93	47
Godech	1	113	64	11	10	5
Gorna Malina	1	192	98	16	14	7
Dolna Banya	1	154	81	13	12	6
Dragoman	1	113	50	9	8	4
Elin Pelin	11	1 029	485	100	88	44
Etropole	3	394	194	39	32	17
Zlatitsa	1	136	76	19	18	10
Ihtiman	3	637	316	45	42	27
Koprivshtitsa	1	36	18	5	4	2
Kostenets	3	319	160	30	25	13
Kostinbrod	5	652	320	47	41	21
Mirkovo	1	63	27	6	5	3
Pirdop	1	232	117	28	25	13
Pravets	4	301	126	30	27	15
Samokov	5	1 174	550	98	87	46
Svoge	11	527	267	53	50	26
Slivnitsa	2	285	140	23	21	12
Chavdar	1	34	11	6	6	4
Chelopech	1	106	48	13	12	8
Sofia (stolitsa)	294	46 685	22 642	4 624	3 859	2 039
Stolichna	294	46 685	22 642	4 624	3 859	2 039
Yuzhen tsentralen	365	43 039	20 943	3 993	3 463	1 811
Kardzhali	59	3 728	1 803	423	355	183
Ardino	5	108	43	21	20	10
Dzhebel	3	182	93	21	18	9
Kirkovo	12	383	191	49	44	22
Krumovgrad	9	453	216	53	48	26
Kardzhali	21	2 160	1 038	227	178	92
Momchilgrad	6	298	155	36	31	16
Chernoochene	3	144	67	16	16	8
Pazardzhik	58	7 829	3 766	649	579	307
Batak	3	116	62	16	14	7
Belovo	2	199	95	20	18	9
Bratsigovo	4	231	104	24	20	10
Velingrad	8	1 230	590	94	84	48
Lesichovo	2	109	50	9	9	6
Pazardzhik	15	3 198	1 547	250	223	118
Panagyurishte	8	684	326	69	60	31
Peshtera	6	494	223	45	40	21
Rakitovo	4	558	276	45	41	21
Septemvri	4	745	369	53	49	26
Strelcha	1	146	65	13	11	6
Surnitsa	1	119	59	11	10	6
Plovdiv	166	22 571	11 021	1 994	1 737	911
Asenovgrad	10	2 009	988	157	142	78
Brezovo	2	152	70	15	14	8
Kaloyanovo	8	338	164	37	33	17
Karlovo	9	1 425	711	129	112	59
Krichim	2	217	115	21	17	9
Kuklen	1	211	105	18	16	10
Laki	1	31	16	5	5	3
Maritsa	16	1 186	577	117	99	52
Perushtitsa	2	160	66	18	16	8
Plovdiv	58	11 806	5 712	989	859	451
Parvomay	7	700	342	72	65	34
Rakovski	8	1 112	563	91	79	43
Rodopi	12	1 109	556	111	93	48
Sadovo	10	526	260	62	54	27
Sopot	3	303	144	34	25	13
Stamboliyski	8	718	347	61	55	29
Saedinenie	3	303	152	28	26	14
Hisarya	6	265	133	29	27	14
Smolyan	46	2 602	1 309	314	259	132
Banite	1	46	19	7	6	3
Borino	2	47	22	5	5	3
Devin	4	224	119	26	22	11
Dospat	7	190	98	22	20	11
Zlatograd	5	220	123	33	28	14
Madan	4	273	132	28	27	14
Nedelino	2	97	43	12	10	5
Rudozem	7	289	138	40	32	16
Smolyan	12	1 070	547	122	94	48
Chepelare	2	146	68	19	15	8
Haskovo	36	6 309	3 044	613	533	279
Dimitrovgrad	7	1 268	626	126	112	57
Ivaylovgrad	2	110	53	15	14	8
Lyubimets	1	327	159	26	23	13
Madzharovo	1	25	10	4	4	2
Mineralni Bani	1	94	42	11	10	5
Svilengrad	5	698	328	69	58	31
Simeonovgrad	2	310	143	20	19	11
Stambolovo	1	107	46	15	14	7
Topolovgrad	1	211	100	21	19	10
Harmanli	3	694	340	65	58	33
Haskovo	12	2 465	1 197	241	202	103
¹ Incl. in preparatory groups at schools.
² Incl. directors without teaching activity, pedagogues, speech therapists, psychologists, resource teachers, and music & PE teachers.

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Metadata

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Kindergartens (Pre-primary education)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Nikolay Nikolov
Contact person function	chief expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 487
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	25 April 2019
Metadata last posted	25 April 2019
Metadata last update	25 April 2019
Statistical presentation
Data description	Statistics on pre-primary education provides data on activity of the kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools. Main statistical units are children, teachers, educators and other category personnel. Main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on children and pedagogic personnel are: sex and year of birth. The date of the observation is December 31.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011)
Sector coverage	The survey covers all state, municipal and created according to the established legal order private kindergartens.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A pupil/student (incl. children in kindergartens) is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. The teachers are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. Directors and assistant directors are observed separately although a great part of them may have lecturing functions as well. The management personnel include official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Pupils and education personnel.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country. Data is published down to municipality level.
Time coverage	starting from 2018
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Number and per cent.
Reference period
School year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	Law of the Level of Education, Educational Minimum and Curriculum; Law on Statistics; Commission regulation (EU) No 88/2011; Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning; Methodological documents of Eurostat; Law on National Education and the Rules on its implementation; Pre-school and school education act.
Data sharing	Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Release policy
Release calendar	In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Frequency of dissemination
Annual
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release in the internet site.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure).
On-line database	Data on Kindergartens (Pre-primary education) are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4792 and Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=66
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable (census).
Sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Non-sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 1; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Punctuality	Data was disseminated at national level and delivered to Euorostat in time.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Statistical processing
Source data	All kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools, which conduct compulsory pre-school training of the children.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Census via statistical questionnaire 'Report on kindergarten'
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Comment

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ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Kindergartens (Pre-primary education)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Nikolay Nikolov
Contact person function	chief expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 487
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Statistics on pre-primary education provides data on activity of the kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools. Main statistical units are children, teachers, educators and other category personnel. Main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on children and pedagogic personnel are: sex and year of birth. The date of the observation is December 31.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011)
Sector coverage	The survey covers all state, municipal and created according to the established legal order private kindergartens.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A pupil/student (incl. children in kindergartens) is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. The teachers are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. Directors and assistant directors are observed separately although a great part of them may have lecturing functions as well. The management personnel include official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Pupils and education personnel.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country. Data is published down to municipality level.
Time coverage	starting from 2018
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	All kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools, which conduct compulsory pre-school training of the children.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Census via statistical questionnaire 'Report on kindergarten'
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Data completeness - rate	Not applicable (census).
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable (census).
Sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Sampling errors - indicators	Not applicable (census).
Non-sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Coverage error	Not applicable (census).
Over-coverage - rate	Not applicable (census).
Common units - proportion	Not applicable (census).
Measurement error	Not applicable (census).
Non response error	Not applicable (census).
Unit non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Item non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Processing error	Not applicable (census).
Imputation - rate	Not applicable (no imputations).
Model assumption error	Not applicable (census).
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - average size	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 1; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Time lag - first results	20 weeks.
Time lag - final results	Not applicable (only final results published).
Punctuality	Data was disseminated at national level and delivered to Euorostat in time.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Not applicable (data published on exact date).
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable (no flows).
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.
Length of comparable time series	From 2000 year.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable (annual survey).
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release in the internet site.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure).
On-line database	Data on Kindergartens (Pre-primary education) are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4792 and Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=66
Data tables - consultations	Not available.
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Metadata - consultations	Not available.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Metadata completeness – rate	Not avaliable.
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
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