National Centre of Pedagogy (NCP)
http://www.npc-bg.com/
The National Centre of Pedagogy (NCP) is a government servicing centre – out-of-school
educative institution which organizes and coordinates the implementation of the Ministry of
Education and Science’s policy concerning the pedagogical assistance and consulting of
pupils, teachers and parents along the following lines:
Qualification of pedagogical staff
Encouraging pupils to attend school as well as combating pupils’ dropping out of school
Vocational consulting and guidance
The main principle which the NCP pursues is the promotion of a unity of traditions and
modernity for the employment of the European dimension in the process of educational
changes.
The organization and coordination of the activities’ implementation is managed by NCP and
its 27 regional offices, jointly with MES and through cooperation with the regional educa-
tional inspectorates of MES in partnership with trade-union organizations, employer unions,
regional and local administrations, universities and schools of higher education, qualifica-
tion departments, NGOs, vocational training centres.
nCP’s main activities are the following:
● Organizing and providing pedagogical assistance for pupils who have dropped
out of school or the ones who run the risk of dropping out, as well as for their
parents
● Delivering information and advice concerning the choice of education, training
and career guidance
● Providing pedagogical and psychological consultation
● Sustaining, developing and utilizing the scientific-pedagogical potential
effectively
● Motivating teachers to employ ICT
● Forming skills and abilities for lifelong learningThe national recourse Centre for vocational Guidance
http://nrcvg.hrdc.bg
In 1998 on an initiative of the European Commission based on an agreement between the
National Agency “Leonardo da Vinci” and the European foundation for education in Bulgaria