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Dozens of schools, institutions and organisations in Bulgaria celebrated the 18th Safer Internet Day on 9 February with various events and initiatives.

In the complicated pandemic situation many schools in Bulgaria faced an additional problem – lack of teachers as dozens of them fell ill or are in quarantine.

On 20^th January, the Advisory board of the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) approved by email voting the annual public report about the activities of the SIC in 2020.

An online survey conducted by the Coalition for Media Literacy in Education, co-founded by the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre and comprising almost 20 organisations, showed that students’ attitudes towards learning vary widely from “I prefer to go to school”, to “Learning online is fast and interesting”.

On 11th February, together with over 150 countries worldwide, Bulgaria celebrated the International Safer Internet Day. Dozens of Bulgarian schools and libraries organised various initiatives and activities with the motto: “Together for a better internet”.

ТDuring the National Safer Internet Day the Bulgarian SIC will start the celebrations by awarding the winners of the annual National Cyberscout Competition held amongst 10-12 year old students by the Centre. Three Cyberscout teams will be present to receive their awards for the first three places in the competition.

Over 90 teachers from 34 cities and towns across Bulgaria participated in the conference “Holistic model for digital and media literacy development based on school curricula”. The conference took place in the city of Veliko Tarnovo on 22nd – 24th November 2019.

The Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) took part in the annual open-air event for families “Famillathlon” for 11-th year in a row. Almost 4000 parents and their children joined the festivities on 12th May 2019 in the South Park in Sofia. The Centre’s team together with members of the SIC Youth Panel, raised their awareness about the most important aspects of internet safety through different interactive and amusing activities.