The Minister of Education made an extremely important last-minute announcement that targets the millions of students in all schools in Romania at the moment, and this is because Ligia Deca revealed that there is no intention to close the schools regardless of how it will be evaluated the economic or energy crisis in the following months.
The Minister of Education also talks below about what will happen in the coming weeks and months in relation to the Education Laws, something that will have an extremely large impact for all students attending the courses of the educational units across the country at the moment , but also in the future.
"The Ministry, and I personally, want the schools to remain open regardless of the course the economic or energy crisis will take. We can no longer afford gaps, or breaks, in the learning process. That's why there are governmental discussions regarding the support given to schools, or local public authorities, so that there are no discussions about going online, when de facto the children need to come to school.
I want to have a stable legislative framework that provides trust and equity in the system, I want a quality education for every child, and as I said, a fair, predictable, functional system that will bring resilience in the face of any crisis, and investments to reduce school dropout.
The evaluation area, whether we are talking about the evaluation between middle school and high school, or whether we are talking about the Baccalaureate, we will consult the faculties of education, we will ask for their point of view, and the way in which the solutions we will choose in the new legislative package will be appropriate for the Romanian context, and the objectives we propose.
For the area of integrity, likewise, taking into account legislative developments, we will discuss with specialists in the area of integrity, in constitutional law and administrative law to find a solution that guarantees integrity in the future, in the national legislative context, and at the same time to see how recent court decisions affect the current legal framework.
We are trying to finalize the legislative package within the deadline announced by the Prime Minister, also in relation to who takes into account the received amendments, the ministry's team consulting with specialists on specific issues. The attribute of the ministry is to come up with a legislative proposal, and here there are 2 levels, the consultation with specialists for the text that leaves the ministry, but then there is a consultation at the level of the Government with all the ministries that must give an opinion."
