Ministry of Education and Science (Bulgaria)

{{Short description|Government ministry of Bulgaria}}

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|nativename = Министерство на образованието и науката

|formed = 1879

|jurisdiction = Government of Bulgaria

|chief1_name = Krasimir Valchev (2017)

|chief1_position = Minister of Education and Science

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|website = http://www.mon.bg

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The Ministry of Education and Science ({{langx|bg|Министерство на образованието и науката}}, Ministerstvo na obrazovanieto i naukata) of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with regulating and promoting the educational and scientific work in the country. It was founded as the Ministry of Popular Enlightenment in 1879 and existed under this name until 1947, after which it changed its name numerous times. In 2009 the name changed from "Ministry of Education and Science" to "Ministry of Education, Youth and Science". In 2013, this change was reversed.

Az-Buki

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| founded = 1991

| founder = Ministry of Education and Science (Bulgaria)

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| country = Bulgaria

| headquarters = Sofia

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| publications = academic journals, newspaper

| topics = science and education

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The national publishing house "Az-buki" under the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science currently publishes the weekly newspaper "Az-buki" ("Аз-буки" in Bulgarian) and 9 scientific journals. Its publications are intended for students, tutors, Bulgarian cultural centers and communities in and outside Bulgaria.[http://www.booksinprint.bg/Publisher/Details/1c916af7-7cb6-42fe-ba6b-81cd9b0f0b22 Registration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715080432/http://www.booksinprint.bg/Publisher/Details/1c916af7-7cb6-42fe-ba6b-81cd9b0f0b22 |date=2016-07-15 }} in the Bulgarian National Library{{cite web|url=http://www.azbuki.bg/en/|title=Az Buki National Publishing House for Education and Science |editor=Ministry of Education and Science|accessdate=2016-07-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cis.uni-muenchen.de/neuigkeiten/azbuki/index.html |title= Bulgarian magazine Az-buki interviews Prof. Schuetze|date=2013-06-10|language=en|accessdate=2016-07-15}}

Nadia Kantareva-Baruh is the director of the publishing house.{{cite web |url=https://azbuki.bg/nachalo/za-nas/ekip/ |website=AzBuki.bg (Bulgarian) |title=The Az-buki team|date=2019|language=bg|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}

= Newspaper =

The first edition of the national newspaper "Az-buki" came out on April 10, 1991.{{cite web |url=http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=1.1/SET=4/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=8506&SRT=LST_ty&TRM=1426279-4 |title=German Central Journal database (ZDB) |accessdate=2016-07-16 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The weekly publication continues the tradition of a newspaper, which started to come out in 1896.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/newspapers/bu/bunews.html |title=Bulgarian Newspapers at the Library of Congress History of Bulgarian Newspaper Publishing | accessdate=2016-07-15}} "Az-buki" is distributed by means of subscription and each individual copy is read by an average of 22,8 people.

= Publications =

The list below includes nine scientific journals, which are indexed, referred, listed and abstracted in international databases, such as Web of Science, Philosopher's Index, Scopus, ERIH PLUS, Google Scholar and Russian Science Citation Index.

  • Bulgarian Language and Literature (Bulgarski Ezik i Literatura){{cite web|url=http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=1.1/SET=9/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=8506&SRT=LST_ty&TRM=+951259-7|title=Bulgarian Language and Literature, Entry in German Central database (ZDB) |accessdate=2016-07-16}} listed through EBSCOhost Research Databases. Bulgarian Language and Literature Journal has been included in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), the European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS) and RSCI.
  • History (Istoriya),{{cite web|url=https://history.azbuki.bg/ |title= History Еducational Journal |accessdate=2016-07-15}} indexed, referred, listed and abstracted in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL.
  • Pedagogy (Pedagogika){{cite web|url=http://www.azbuki.bg/en/editions/journals/pedagogics |title=Pedagogy Еducational Journal|accessdate=2016-07-15}} – in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI); RSCI; CEEOL; ERIH PLUS{{cite web|title=ERIH Plus|url=https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/periodical/info.action;jsessionid=UVeWDEhe-fyr5A66Yf3uA1fj.undefined?id=486160}}
  • Mathematics and Informatics{{cite web|url=http://www.azbuki.bg/en/editions/journals/mathinfo |title= Mathematics and Informatics Journal of Education Research |accessdate=2016-07-15}} – in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL.
  • Natural Science and Advanced Technology Education – in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL, SCOPUS.{{cite web|url=https://science.azbuki.bg/ |title=Journal of Science Education|accessdate=2016-07-15}}
  • Vocational Education{{cite web|url= https://vocedu.azbuki.bg/|title=Vocational Education Еducational Journal|accessdate=2016-07-15}} – ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL, EBSCOHost, Google Scholar.
  • Philosophy, (Filosofiya){{cite web|url=https://philosophy.azbuki.bg/ |title= Foreign Language Teaching Еducational Journal |accessdate=2016-07-15}} – in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), Philosopher's Index, ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL.
  • Foreign Language Teaching, (Chuzhdoezikovo Obuchenie){{cite web|url=https://foreignlanguages.azbuki.bg/ |title= Foreign Language Teaching Еducational Journal|accessdate=2016-07-15}} – in Web of Science (Q3 of JCI), ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL.
  • Strategies for Policy in Science and Education (Strategii na Obrazovatelnata i Nauchnata Politika){{cite web|url=https://strategies.azbuki.bg/ |title= Strategies for Policy in Science and Education Еducational Journal |accessdate=2016-07-15}} – in Web of Science (Q4 of JCI), Philosopher's Index, ERIH PLUS, RSCI, CEEOL.

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