The Minister of Education sends an extremely important message regarding the very serious problems in Romanian schools, millions of students being affected during this period by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and online school, with more details provided in the interview below.
The Minister of Education talks about the fact that many students feel that school is done at home instead of educational institutions, something that generates major social problems, and not only for primary or secondary school students, but also for university students.
"Enormous (n. ed. asked how much the pandemic has affected the school in the last 2 years), very scary. The educational losses are very large, they are very difficult to recover, and they can only be recovered with perseverance, and especially with the effort of each teaching staff. The effort, skill and involvement of each teacher.
Educational losses are very high, there is an explosion of the phenomenon of bullying in schools, very serious, say psychologists, say those with training, with the competence to pronounce on this subject. There is, unfortunately, only in the last few days, a multiplication of suicide attempts among teenagers, there is, and the doctors say it again, a multiplication of eye diseases.
There is, and I say this as a minister, with great sadness and sorrow, a deepening of the already existing inequities in the Romanian education system between town and village, between disadvantaged and more fortunate environments, from a social and material perspective. There is also an alarming increase in school dropouts.
The effects are already felt, as I told you, the effects are already felt both in the economy and in education. Imagine that there are students finishing their second university year, and who have not seen what an amphitheater looks like, could not really participate in the practical part, did not know their colleagues, there are already major effects , and they will be multiplied.
There is no point in not being aware of these things in order to be able to respond as best as possible. The state is obliged to do many things in this regard. Things that can only be solved in the medium and long term, because in education things can only be seen in the medium and long term, it is the most inertial public system in any state."
