TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR LABORATORY WORKERS IN SOFIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900430007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. A technical school for laboratory workers (Meditsinski "Tehnikum" Za L artti) 9
equivalent in grade to a secondary school., is located on the first floor of'`the
building at Ulitsa Zhdanov 3 in Sofia. Between 1947 and 1951 the school had no
set curriculum but gave yearly or half-yearly courses from time to time for
graduates of secondary schools. Since 1951 there are regularly scheduled courses
lasting two years., to which students of either sex who have completed nine grades
or primary school are admitted.
2. In addition to a school certificate, students must submit a written life history,
a birth certificate., a medical certificate., a statement regarding the financial
condition of their parents, and a statement of character. The last two documents
are made out by the Local Council of the place of domicile, the statement of
character being given by the Cadre Department of the Local Council. Students
must pass an entrance examination in Bulgarian literature. Beginning with the
1953-54 semester, pupils who obtained marks of not less than five or six in all
subjects in primary school are admitted to this school without any entrance
examination.
3. There are 36 hours per week of theoretical studies in the mornings and some
practical studies in the afternoons. The curriculum consists of chemistry,
biology, physiology, biochemistry, miiierobiology, analytical chemistry., practical
lectures on laboratory work, and general subjects such as history, psychology,
physics, literature, and Russian. There are two hours per week of theoretical
studies of PVKhO (Protivov .zdush i~himicheska Otbrana) s? Defense against Chemical
Attack by Aircraft) in the third half-year semester of the course.
Approximately 100 students graduate from the 2-year course each-year. At present
the school has approximately 200 students., about 85 per cent of whom are girls.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Technical School for Laborat y ,. DATE DISTR. 22 September 1954
Workers in Sofia
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Tuition is 100 leva per year, which rust be paid by all st ye Singe 1953
scholarships amounting to 160 leva per month have been afi~ar d.to,pup o
distinguished themselves in primary school.
The Director of the school isDoctor Yordan Todorovwho is Also head. of the
children's clinic laboratory of the Aleksandrovska Hciital?- infa.
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