What is the minimum age for children to begin school? Are there nurseries for younger children?
In Bulgaria, children begin school at the age of 6 or 7years and can go to the nursery from 1 year old, as long as they can walk properly and eat common food. Nurseries and kinder gardens have a monthly fee, but state schools are free of charge. Parents have to sign their children up for nursery, kinder garden or school a year or so in advance and to be prepared to pay for all the necessary notebooks, textbooks and other related materials.
