The Minister of Education has officially revealed 2 very important measures that will be taken for students in all educational institutions in Romania, and this is because we are officially talking first of all about keeping the CNATDCU to ensure that the diplomas that are awarded are certified in correct way.
The Minister of Education also talks about two institutions that will be organized under him as part of the new Education Laws, explanations for each of them being provided below by Ligia Deca, so that we know in advance what is to be achieved after the new legislation will be adopted.
"The policies regarding university ethics and integrity will be more clearly defined by the draft Law on Higher Education. In addition, university ethics committees will carry out prevention activities, while all students, regardless of the study cycle, will study ethics and academic integrity courses. The procedure for supporting doctoral theses will increase the degree of transparency.
Also, the National Council for Attestation of University Titles, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU) remains a guarantor of the originality of doctoral theses. We are aware of the importance of strengthening the provisions on ethics and academic integrity, for which the Ministry of Education has proposed a more coherent legislative framework. The drafts of the two laws are in the interministerial approval procedure.
The Executive Unit for Support, Maintenance and Technical Assistance for Digitization, a public institution with legal personality, financed from the state budget and from its own revenues, with responsibilities in the training of users of digital technology in the national education system
pre-university, digitization of processes and assistance in providing solutions for IT problems at the hardware and software level, according to the legislation in force.
UESMATD will ensure, directly or through external services, the integration, development and maintenance of the strategic platforms of the Ministry of Education. UESMATD collaborates with CNFDCD in the development of training programs for personnel who use or will use the strategic platforms in pre-university education. The County Directorates of Pre-University Education/of the Municipality of Bucharest, decentralized public services subordinated to the Ministry of Education, with legal personality, through the reorganization of the County School Inspectorates/City of Bucharest.
DJIP will operate with duties regarding specialized inspection, system organization, management of teaching staff mobility, career development - teaching degrees and teaching title of emeritus professor and other administrative duties regarding the organization of the educational process and are led
by general directors appointed by order of the Minister of Education, following a selection competition. The director will conclude a management contract with the minister of education during the term of office of the dignitary."
