THE CRISIS SITUATION CREATED BY COVID-19 AND BULGARIAN UNIVERSITIES Cover Image

ВЪЗНИКНАЛАТА КРИЗИСНА СИТУАЦИЯ ОТ COVID-19 И БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ УНИВЕРСИТЕТИ
THE CRISIS SITUATION CREATED BY COVID-19 AND BULGARIAN UNIVERSITIES

Author(s): Venelin Terziev
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Scientific Institute of Management and Knowledge
Keywords: pandemic crisis; universities; crisis situation; education; COVID-19

Summary/Abstract: This analysis makes a research on the real situation as a result of the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19 and looks for answers of the lack of appropriate training of the Bulgarian students for action in times of crisis. Past periods are analysed when there was such specialized training and possible correlation is searched for in this emergency situation as well as the steps taken by the government and those of the whole population. The change we are moving towards requires a certain fairness and accuracy, but we are unlikely to achieve it only by these adjustments in the legislation. It should rather be linked to changes in system management. Very often we talk about mandate, creativity, strategies, etc., and it is generally related to shaping the attitudes of general meetings in a certain way, which in some cases correlates with the norms of morality and law. However, the procedures are legal and not very moral. There is a lot of evidence in this direction all the time. Not always the democratic rules allow choosing the most capable and competent candidates and sometimes they do not even allow some scientists to express themselves for a number of reasons. This is a general issue mostly applicable to the academic community. The personalities here are numerous and are specialized in different fields. Consolidation is sometimes at the expense of a choice that is related to other circumstances rather than the qualities of the individual. The change in this direction is possible if this choice includes competition based on the most objective criteria. In the current development of society, science cannot develop on its own, and the existence of science alone is impossible and unthinkable. This requires work in wider teams and cooperation in various areas. It also requires the development of an interdisciplinary approach and the development of scholars in different directions and fields. This does not make the person/scientist a "painkiller", but makes them far more able to meet the dynamics of the requirements of a rapidly changing environment. Finding such a system of social criteria that would describe and value this social process to the highest extent and as failrly as possible is quite a challenging task, which requires the analysis of a large amount of information and conducting various research to allow the development of such mechanism that on the one hand, meets expectations and, on the other hand, achieves a relatively accurate and valid assessment of these processes

  • Issue Year: 40/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45 - 48
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English, Bulgarian