The free online blended learning platform Smart Classroom reported a 6% growth in new account registrations for the last calendar year. Impressively over 40 trainings were held with over 697 Bulgarian teachers taking part in them. 486 people used the platform for creating a professional portfolio; 198 – to work with the platform and 13 – to create resources with AR.

"The information was presented extremely professionally so that one could easily create a portfolio. for which I thank you very much!", commented Eng. Delyana Bratoeva-Krasteva, Vice principal “Learning Activity” at the Professional High School “Atanas Damyanov” in Nikolaevo.
"It brings us real satisfaction that despite the challenges, we manage to meet the pressing needs of teachers. The greatest contribution to this is made by our fellow trainers on our programs for the platform's capabilities," added Magdanela Delinesheva, the chairman of the board of the "Education 5.0" foundation, which is a partner in the project.

To help users make the most of the various functionalities of the platform, Samsung Bulgaria will continue to invest in conducting dozens of free training, carrying qualification credits, in 2022 as well.

The Smart Classroom is a project, part of the corporate social responsibility policy of Samsung Electronics Bulgaria. The company has invested over BGN 100,000 in the development of the project in 2021, following its mission of "Enabling people. Together for tomorrow". The project started in 2013 and to date over 50,000 people have joined the various initiatives of the project, focused on increasing digital skills and online learning in the country.

"With the development of Smart Classroom, we manage to meet the needs of our society in difficult times, when online learning has gone from non-traditional to the norm. I am happy that nearly 6,000 people in the country have found everything they need for their educational process online in Smart Classroom - the only free online learning platform in our country with a specialized team available to users at any time," said Jasmina Petkova, Manager PR & Corporate social projects in Samsung Bulgaria.

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The foundation's mission is to develop education, science, and culture through implementing new technologies. Its activity is related to the organization of training, forums, and events, publishing and distribution of educational and scientific content, studies, and analyses. "Education 5.0" believes that positive social change should be realized thanks to the joint efforts of the entire civil sector, therefore the organization highly values the implementation of projects in partnership. For more information: https://edu5.0.bg/