THE "VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING" IN SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400530003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/08/04 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004400530003-5
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18. Sections 797 and 794, of the O.B. Code, as
INFORMATION REPORT to or rec Its tyansml isvelatlon of it,
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by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SUBJECT The "Vocational School for
Electrical Engineering" in Sofia
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 2 July 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In 1949 the government took over the vocational sdcondary school for electrical
engineering, which had been established in Sofia in 1947 by CRT (Organizatsiya
za Fazpruskane na Trudova; Organization for the Assignment of Work), an organi-
zation for the rehabilitation and training of Jewish youth, and renamed it the
Obraztsov Tekhnikum Po Elektrotekhnika Im S. M. Kirov.
2. The schoolhas a single 1-story building of seven or eight rooms for classroom
work, and practical training is given in the basement workshop. Lessons are
given in three shifts because of the shortage of classrooms. In January 1954
an additional story to the school building was reported to have been approved.
3. The school's work is confined to high and low-tension electricity, and the
curriculum extends over five years. Classroom work averages five to six hours
per day, and practical training is usually one hour daily. In the school year
1952-53 there were 500 to 600 students, and in the same year approximately 80
graduated as high-tension electricians.
4. The following documents are required for admission to the schools
a. DSNM (Dimitrovski Suyuz na Narodnata Mladesh; Dimitrov Union of the People's
Youth);
b. Statement from the Local Council on the financial status of the parents; and
c. Graduation certificate from a progymnasium.
After submission of these documents the candidate must take examinations in
mathematics and in the Bulgarian language. In early 1953, however, those can-
didates who had excellent marks in the progymnasium were exempted from the
examinations.
 5. While social origin of the candidate has no bearing upon admission to the school,
children of partisans and other privileged groups of parents do not pay tuiticn
fees, even if they lag behind in their studies. Annual tuition fees are determined
for each student an the basis of the statenedtfrom the Local Council on the fi-
nancial situation of his parents. The maximum fee is 200 lava, but students from
workers' families or from large families pay less.
6. There is a vocational secondary school for civil engineering adjacent to the
Spartak sports ground and one for mechanical engineering on Boulevard Alsksanddr
Stamboliyski.