Kindergartens, children, pedagogical staff 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 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR¹

(Number)
Statistical zone Statistical region District Municipality	Independent kindergartens	Children enrolled		Pedagogical staff²		Children's groups
		total	of which: girls	Pedagogical staff²
		total	of which: girls	total	of which: teachers
Total	1 829	215 443	104 793	21 242	18 029	9 328
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	981	100 661	48 973	10 014	8 613	4 457
Severozapaden	221	20 446	10 010	2 081	1 801	930
Vidin	24	1 976	961	225	202	107
Belogradchik	1	122	65	14	13	7
Boynitsa	1	16	7	2	2	1
Bregovo	1	76	40	9	8	4
Vidin	8	1 242	593	137	120	63
Gramada	1	22	14	4	4	2
Dimovo	3	171	90	16	15	10
Kula	1	63	26	7	6	3
Makresh	1	25	14	4	4	2
Novo Selo	1	64	29	11	10	5
Ruzhintsi	4	122	56	15	14	7
Chuprene	2	53	27	6	6	3
Vratsa	43	5 063	2 518	537	452	224
Borovan	2	181	97	22	20	10
Byala Slatina	5	677	327	68	63	31
Vratsa	15	2 063	1 033	223	174	86
Kozloduy	7	743	372	64	57	29
Krivodol	2	243	130	26	24	12
Mezdra	5	503	251	62	52	26
Mizia	1	145	69	19	15	7
Oryahovo	4	238	112	25	22	11
Roman	1	169	73	15	13	6
Hayredin	1	101	54	13	12	6
Lovech	31	3 491	1 707	340	302	157
Apriltsi	1	74	36	9	8	4
Letnitsa	1	107	54	10	9	5
Lovech	8	879	409	78	67	35
Lukovit	5	680	352	62	55	29
Teteven	6	558	257	62	56	27
Troyan	7	728	366	81	72	38
Ugarchin	2	204	98	18	16	8
Yablanitsa	1	261	135	20	19	11
Montana	47	3 330	1 617	319	291	153
Berkovitsa	5	420	226	40	37	20
Boychinovtsi	6	229	101	22	22	11
Brusartsi	3	126	57	13	13	7
Valchedram	6	242	131	24	24	12
Varshets	1	162	69	15	14	8
Georgi Damyanovo	1	19	8	2	2	1
Lom	9	525	246	52	47	25
Medkovets	2	95	49	9	8	6
Montana	12	1 360	648	127	110	56
Chiprovtsi	1	27	15	4	4	2
Yakimovo	1	125	67	11	10	5
Pleven	76	6 586	3 207	660	554	289
Belene	2	145	73	19	16	8
Gulyantsi	5	195	103	26	22	11
Dolna Mitropolia	8	436	210	43	38	19
Dolni Dabnik	7	304	146	32	28	14
Iskar	2	135	64	13	12	6
Knezha	5	399	191	44	36	22
Levski	4	394	189	38	34	18
Nikopol	4	145	78	17	16	8
Pleven	33	3 563	1 725	338	279	145
Pordim	1	137	61	14	13	7
Cherven Bryag	5	733	367	76	60	31
Severen tsentralen	202	20 225	9 765	2 167	1 839	937
Veliko Tarnovo	73	6 238	3 018	650	552	281
Veliko Tarnovo	25	2 565	1 251	257	214	108
Gorna Oryahovitsa	8	1 105	508	111	94	48
Elena	5	232	114	22	19	12
Zlataritsa	4	116	59	13	11	6
Lyaskovets	6	287	145	32	27	14
Pavlikeni	10	581	281	57	50	27
Polski Trambesh	3	289	148	24	22	12
Svishtov	7	665	327	85	71	36
Strazhitsa	4	357	165	44	40	16
Suhindol	1	41	20	5	4	2
Gabrovo	19	2 653	1 298	274	227	114
Gabrovo	10	1 326	655	137	114	57
Dryanovo	1	166	77	18	14	7
Sevlievo	5	960	461	95	81	41
Tryavna	3	201	105	24	18	9
Razgrad	49	3 103	1 522	353	306	160
Zavet	5	220	117	22	20	11
Isperih	13	606	291	68	60	31
Kubrat	4	367	174	45	40	23
Loznitsa	3	158	79	22	20	10
Razgrad	20	1 509	733	156	133	68
Samuil	2	153	80	23	18	10
Tsar Kaloyan	2	90	48	17	15	7
Ruse	39	5 405	2 615	569	496	253
Borovo	1	91	43	9	9	3
Byala	2	288	127	34	30	16
Vetovo	3	275	139	32	28	15
Dve Mogili	2	171	81	20	19	8
Ivanovo	1	144	76	19	16	8
Ruse	24	4 147	2 001	421	362	187
Slivo Pole	2	198	103	24	22	11
Tsenovo	4	91	45	10	10	5
Silistra	22	2 826	1 312	321	258	129
Alfatar	1	59	25	7	6	3
Glavinitsa	1	231	101	31	24	12
Dulovo	6	805	386	95	86	42
Kaynardzha	1	174	80	17	16	9
Silistra	8	1 080	499	121	84	42
Sitovo	2	123	58	16	14	7
Tutrakan	3	354	163	34	28	14
Severoiztochen	291	27 419	13 345	2 731	2 343	1 201
Varna	102	15 571	7 562	1 410	1 195	617
Avren	2	221	109	22	20	10
Aksakovo	8	661	335	65	58	30
Beloslav	5	364	191	38	31	17
Byala	1	90	37	9	8	4
Varna	64	11 829	5 683	1 061	883	454
Vetrino	2	136	67	15	14	6
Valchi Dol	4	198	93	23	21	11
Devnya	1	274	141	27	22	11
Dolni Chiflik	5	577	296	48	43	23
Dalgopol	4	367	185	34	31	17
Provadia	5	621	300	53	50	27
Suvorovo	1	233	125	15	14	7
Dobrich	75	4 429	2 144	502	438	222
Balchik	11	543	249	68	63	31
General Toshevo	9	294	138	36	31	16
Dobrich	12	2 065	990	210	172	90
Dobrich - selska	30	597	310	73	72	35
Kavarna	5	351	170	39	32	17
Krushari	1	112	55	13	12	6
Tervel	6	387	189	54	48	23
Shabla	1	80	43	9	8	4
Targovishte	21	2 812	1 367	300	256	132
Antonovo	1	100	60	13	12	6
Omurtag	2	317	152	37	35	18
Opaka	1	92	48	11	10	5
Popovo	4	619	295	67	57	29
Targovishte	13	1 684	812	172	142	74
Shumen	93	4 607	2 272	519	454	230
Veliki Preslav	6	235	103	32	29	14
Venets	6	131	54	17	16	8
Varbitsa	9	229	118	30	29	15
Kaolinovo	15	274	136	43	40	21
Kaspichan	6	218	104	23	21	11
Nikola Kozlevo	7	199	85	23	21	11
Novi Pazar	9	462	219	50	44	22
Smyadovo	3	135	60	16	14	7
Hitrino	5	90	47	12	12	6
Shumen	27	2 634	1 346	273	228	115
Yugoiztochen	267	32 571	15 853	3 035	2 630	1 389
Burgas	109	13 209	6 357	1 242	1 094	575
Aytos	7	850	391	81	74	40
Burgas	35	7 144	3 422	656	565	295
Kameno	5	291	154	23	22	11
Karnobat	7	632	308	60	54	29
Malko Tarnovo	2	65	33	8	8	4
Nesebar	11	1 010	519	91	81	37
Pomorie	7	983	469	91	80	41
Primorsko	1	176	83	20	19	10
Ruen	14	709	324	77	70	47
Sozopol	6	283	133	30	27	14
Sredets	5	437	211	45	40	19
Sungurlare	7	330	165	34	32	17
Tsarevo	2	299	145	26	22	11
Sliven	59	6 131	3 024	558	492	269
Kotel	6	468	223	44	41	24
Nova Zagora	20	923	431	100	87	47
Sliven	27	4 101	2 034	353	308	170
Tvarditsa	6	639	336	61	56	28
Stara Zagora	80	9 698	4 777	915	762	395
Bratya Daskalovi	6	201	92	23	21	10
Gurkovo	1	133	65	10	9	5
Galabovo	3	299	160	35	29	16
Kazanlak	14	2 129	1 044	223	174	88
Maglizh	4	353	180	39	26	14
Nikolaevo	1	187	86	19	18	8
Opan	1	18	11	2	2	1
Pavel Banya	10	397	216	34	32	16
Radnevo	6	492	257	60	52	26
Stara Zagora	30	4 908	2 382	419	353	183
Chirpan	4	581	284	51	46	28
Yambol	19	3 533	1 695	320	282	150
Bolyarovo	1	70	32	9	8	4
Elhovo	2	345	178	38	33	17
Straldzha	2	331	151	31	28	14
Tundzha	5	550	271	59	54	28
Yambol	9	2 237	1 063	183	159	87
Yugozapadna I Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	848	114 782	55 820	11 228	9 416	4 871
Yugozapaden	487	72 303	35 174	7 203	5 978	3 072
Blagoevgrad	73	10 494	5 181	1 024	905	452
Bansko	3	511	238	47	43	22
Belitsa	1	269	142	21	20	12
Blagoevgrad	13	2 623	1 311	258	216	106
Gotse Delchev	13	1 320	647	134	113	55
Garmen	6	632	317	68	62	30
Kresna	1	102	57	12	11	6
Petrich	7	1 770	880	138	129	65
Razlog	1	608	275	62	56	28
Sandanski	7	1 179	574	102	92	46
Satovcha	14	358	174	58	51	26
Simitli	2	417	202	43	40	20
Strumyani	1	152	81	15	14	7
Hadzhidimovo	3	263	127	32	28	14
Yakoruda	1	290	156	34	30	15
Kyustendil	18	3 131	1 551	280	251	126
Bobov dol	1	127	70	13	12	6
Boboshevo	1	36	18	4	4	2
Dupnitsa	6	1 215	596	109	97	47
Kocherinovo	1	84	43	11	8	4
Kyustendil	6	1 351	676	111	100	52
Nevestino	1	36	15	4	4	2
Rila	1	88	42	9	8	4
Sapareva Banya	1	194	91	19	18	9
Pernik	23	3 651	1 746	340	289	150
Breznik	1	130	61	11	10	5
Zemen	1	30	19	2	1	2
Kovachevtsi	1	10	2	2	2	1
Pernik	15	2 818	1 355	262	222	112
Radomir	4	589	278	56	48	27
Tran	1	74	31	7	6	3
Sofia	72	8 238	4 005	763	675	347
Anton	1	44	18	5	4	2
Bozhurishte	2	390	175	33	30	15
Botevgrad	11	1 165	582	115	100	48
Godech	1	121	66	10	8	4
Gorna Malina	1	218	102	16	14	8
Dolna Banya	1	175	100	14	13	6
Dragoman	1	116	51	9	8	4
Elin Pelin	11	1 021	472	104	93	46
Etropole	3	388	197	42	33	16
Zlatitsa	1	135	80	19	18	9
Ihtiman	3	636	278	46	43	28
Koprivshtitsa	1	40	19	6	5	2
Kostenets	3	336	168	32	27	14
Kostinbrod	6	692	342	52	47	24
Mirkovo	1	68	31	6	6	3
Pirdop	1	241	130	27	25	12
Pravets	4	321	148	33	30	15
Samokov	5	1 196	590	99	85	47
Svoge	11	532	270	52	49	25
Slivnitsa	2	275	127	22	21	11
Chavdar	1	33	13	6	6	3
Chelopech	1	95	46	15	10	5
Sofia (stolitsa)	301	46 789	22 691	4 796	3 858	1 997
Stolichna	301	46 789	22 691	4 796	3 858	1 997
Yuzhen tsentralen	361	42 479	20 646	4 025	3 438	1 799
Kardzhali	57	3 680	1 769	423	354	187
Ardino	5	106	44	19	18	10
Dzhebel	3	141	74	21	19	13
Kirkovo	11	377	174	46	41	22
Krumovgrad	8	445	199	50	46	25
Kardzhali	21	2 170	1 062	234	182	93
Momchilgrad	6	299	149	36	32	16
Chernoochene	3	142	67	17	16	8
Pazardzhik	57	7 614	3 671	662	585	306
Batak	3	105	52	16	14	7
Belovo	1	193	90	19	18	9
Bratsigovo	4	237	116	26	21	12
Velingrad	8	1 212	580	95	86	49
Lesichovo	2	122	54	9	9	6
Pazardzhik	15	3 075	1 476	254	224	110
Panagyurishte	8	672	334	71	61	35
Peshtera	6	480	224	47	40	20
Rakitovo	4	525	262	48	44	22
Septemvri	4	727	363	52	46	24
Strelcha	1	145	68	13	11	6
Surnitsa	1	121	52	12	11	6
Plovdiv	165	22 642	11 007	2 026	1 727	903
Asenovgrad	10	1 940	960	166	145	81
Brezovo	2	163	74	18	15	8
Kaloyanovo	8	362	164	36	31	16
Karlovo	9	1 440	704	132	112	58
Krichim	2	227	117	21	17	9
Kuklen	1	215	107	18	16	8
Laki	1	27	15	6	6	3
Maritsa	16	1 322	624	123	104	54
Perushtitsa	2	187	90	19	17	8
Plovdiv	58	11 833	5 732	998	858	443
Parvomay	7	652	306	76	62	30
Rakovski	7	1 080	529	89	69	42
Rodopi	12	1 116	561	112	94	50
Sadovo	10	506	251	62	53	27
Sopot	3	293	138	30	24	12
Stamboliyski	8	702	349	62	55	28
Saedinenie	3	312	160	30	24	13
Hisarya	6	265	126	28	25	13
Smolyan	46	2 361	1 211	317	255	136
Banite	1	35	17	6	6	3
Borino	2	48	26	5	5	3
Devin	4	207	106	27	23	11
Dospat	7	182	92	22	20	11
Zlatograd	5	211	120	33	28	12
Madan	4	234	109	28	26	13
Nedelino	2	84	43	12	9	5
Rudozem	7	254	128	40	31	21
Smolyan	12	977	506	124	91	49
Chepelare	2	129	64	20	16	8
Haskovo	36	6 182	2 988	597	517	267
Dimitrovgrad	7	1 244	597	124	112	56
Ivaylovgrad	2	117	65	14	13	7
Lyubimets	1	305	149	24	21	11
Madzharovo	1	17	6	4	4	2
Mineralni Bani	1	79	40	11	10	5
Svilengrad	5	683	325	68	58	29
Simeonovgrad	2	316	162	20	18	11
Stambolovo	1	102	39	15	14	7
Topolovgrad	1	208	104	22	19	10
Harmanli	3	698	332	68	60	33
Haskovo	12	2 413	1 169	227	188	96
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 31; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: May; · 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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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 31; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: May; · 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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Press releases

Date	Name	File
20.05.2026	Pre-primary and school education in the Republic of Bulgaria - School year 2025/2026	239.39 kb
20.05.2025	Education in the Republic of Bulgaria - School (academic) year 2024/2025	479.75 kb
26.04.2024	Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2023/2024 School Year	766.76 kb
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Publications

Date	Name	File
4.09.2025	Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2025	10614.02 kb
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16.07.2025	Statistical Yearbook 2024	16539.09 kb
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