TEACHERS' COLLEGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800010004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION 50X1
COUNTRY Bulgaria REPORT
SUBJECT Teachers' Colleged DATE
DISTR. November 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
DATE OF INFO.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
PLACE ACQUIRED
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. There are 15 teachers' colleges in Bulgaria, including three in Sofia. Prior to
World War /I, there was only one teachers' college in the countrys and so most
elementary school teachers were secondary school graduates with no professional
training.
2. Students are admitted to a teachers' college after completing five years of second-
ary school. They must take examinations in Bulgarian language, mathematics, and
singing. Tuition is free; however, college fees were 400 leva per year until 1951.
After a 2-year course, graduates are either sent to teach in village schools, or
continue their specialized studies in higher educational institutions. The study
of Russian is compulsory for all students in secondary and h5ther educational in-
stitutions, beginning in the first year of elementary school. In teachers' colleges,
five hours a week are devoted to the study of the Russian language.
3. Bulgarian youths between the ages of 16 and 26 are members of the DSNM (Dimitrovski
Silyuz na Narodnata Mladezh; Dimitrav Union of the People's Youth). Although
membership is not compulsory, non-members have no change either of being admitted
to a higher educational institution or of receiving employment in a government
organization or enterprise.
4. All texbooks in the History-Department of Sofia University are in Russian. Among
these are Ancient History by Andreev, and Ancient History of Greece by Sergeev. The
professors are Bulgarian. Professor Dimitrov lectures on Archaeology, Professor
Burmov on Byzantine History, and Professor Danov on Ancient Oriental History. Dimi-
troy and Burmov are well-known Communists. Danov is not a
Party member 50X1-HUM
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