hard one, the world has changed so much with technology and AI that, really, what curriculum could keep up. this applies to most schools in the world I think.

all the teaching of gender politics and things has no place in a school, fortunately in Bulgaria woke is not part of the program, just go to school and learn the basics.

in reality, how much of what is taught is even good, so much is subjective, i mean, look how many years they were pushing the old shitty food pyramid ffs, the literal diabetes pyramid.

personally, in my case, all I can say is I don't actually rely on the school system, when it comes to my kids, I'm brainwasher in chief and I taught them to read and do math with the help of books from amazon and some apps. my eldest is years ahead of the curriculum and if I sent her to the UK to school, she'd have no issues (it would be easier since her Bulgairan isn't super great).

when i read Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, one big takeaway for me was this:

the performance gap really gets blown up in the summer holiday, so I always make sure my eldest (and youngest soon), do about an hour a day of maths via this online platform called koobits. reading is fine, and I can't really teach them Bulgarian history, so I focus on what I can (plus schools always make a huge deal out of maths).

I honestly don't know if anything beyond the basics being taught in school would give them any kind of advantage and ability in life. kids should probably be learning about finance, business, investment, critical thinking, and responsibility.

I think the fact schools play such a big role is probably a problem in the first place, parents should be a guiding force, if they have the time. sadly probably many don't.