The Minister of Education officially announces a last-minute initiative with very important changes for students and schools all over Romania, and this because it brings to our immediate attention a decision to initiate a new call for projects with money offered through the National Plan for Reform and Resilience for our country.
The Minister of Education explains on his website what this new call for projects entails, and what they can be used for, so that we can find out in advance to what extent schools throughout Romania can offer students a much better educational experience than the available until now.
"The Ministry of Education, as the coordinator of reforms and investments financed by the National Reform and Resilience Plan (PNRR), launches for public consultation the Applicant's Guide related to the call for projects "PNRAS grant scheme second round", financed by the National Plan of Recovery and Resilience – Component C15: Education.
Through this call for projects, state pre-university education units can obtain grants for interventions that lead to the reduction of the risk of school dropout, the improvement of the results obtained by students in national assessments, and the increase of the percentage of students who complete secondary education.
As well as for increasing the participation of secondary school graduates in the National Assessment for Grade VIII graduates and the transition rate from lower secondary education to upper secondary education. The SG PNRAS ROUND II call is addressed to public, mass or special pre-university education units with legal personality, which have a high school dropout rate and low school performance at the secondary school level.
The financial allocation of this call for projects is 265 million euros, excluding VAT. The categories of eligible activities are: Activities to identify and monitor students at risk of dropping out of school - MATE (mandatory); Prevention, intervention and compensation activities (mandatory); Pedagogical and support activities. Extra-curricular and/or extra-curricular activities; Activities of information, advice, assistance and education of parents/legal guardians.
Specific activities for children/young people who do not attend any form of education; Other types of activities that contribute to the prevention and reduction of school dropout, in correlation with the identified needs. Teacher training activities organized in the physical/online environment. Minor landscaping work, purchase of goods (optional). Educational process digitization activities (mandatory). Observations and recommendations regarding the published guide can be sent to the e-mail address consultare.pnras2@edu.gov.ro, between March 22 and 28, 2023."
