education

Romanian Education Minister Not To Enforce School Mgmt Order

15:30, 21 Sept. 2009
Romanian Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu said Monday during a meeting of the Social Democratic Party’s standing office she will not enforce the order regarding school principal appointments and added the norms of the education law will be presented Wednesday, during the government meeting.

Romania Scores Below European Avg In International Tests – PM

18:30, 19 Sept. 2009
The lack of efficiency of the current education system is proved by the score obtained by the Romanian students in international tests, which is below the European average, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday on Realitatea TV.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Call On PM To Sack Education Minister

16:32, 17 Sept. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal lawmaker Mircea Toader, leader of the democrat liberal group in the Chamber of Deputies, said Thursday he calls on Prime Minister Emil Boc to dismiss Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu unless she pulls the order regulating school principal appointments.

Romanian Govt Stands By Decision To Take Responsibility Despite Unions’ Protest Plans

09:49, 11 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Government maintains its decision to take responsibility for three draft laws before Parliament by the set deadline, to avoid breaching the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and thus losing IMF funds, Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Thursday on public television.

Romanian Govt Sends Draft Laws It Wants Adopted To Parliament Monday

19:36, 05 Sept. 2009
The draft laws the Romanian government wants to adopt by assuming will be sent to Parliament Monday morning, Prime Minister Emil Boc and the ministers of labor, education and justice decided in a talk Saturday.

Romanian Education Min Drew Up Final Form Of Education Code

16:18, 02 Sept. 2009
Romanian minister of education Ecaterina Andronescu set up Wednesday with education unions the final form of the education Code that will be presented in a Government meeting.

Romanian Education Unions Displeased After Talks With Govt On Unitary Wage Law

20:56, 01 Sept. 2009
Romanian education unions declared themselves displeased, after talks with the representatives of the Government on the unitary wage law in the public sector, as the executive said the decision is a political one and that nothing will change.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Law Packs In Three Stages

15:15, 31 Aug. 2009
Romanian interior minister and deputy prime minister Dan Nica said Monday the government will take responsibility in Parliament, in three stages, for three law packs: economic measures, the unitary wage law and the education laws.

Romanian Govt To Decide Law Pack Paternity Wednesday

17:07, 29 Aug. 2009
The Romanian government will decide on the assumption of responsibility for a law pack, including the restructuring of government agencies, the education system, public sector wages and public spending cuts, in the meeting held Wednesday.

Romanian Education Min, Pres Commission Reach Common Ground

19:46, 20 Aug. 2009
Romanian education minister Ecaterina Andronescu said Thursday, after talks with Mircea Miclea that she agreed with some of the propositions included in the education law pack compiled by the presidential committee.

Romanian PM To Coordinate Mediation Committee On Education Laws

09:45, 20 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Wednesday said he will coordinate a committee to come up with common solutions for the set of laws on education,that will bring face-to-face education minister Ecaterina Andronescu, head of the presidential commission for education Mircea Miclea and their experts.

Romanian University “Spiru Haret” Among Accredited Institutions

22:21, 19 Aug. 2009
Romanian university “Spiru Haret” was introduced on the list of private accredited universities, with the clear specification that the degrees and the accredited or authorized study programs will function temporarily, government spokesperson Ioana Muntean said Wednesday.

Romania President Believes Not Everyone Agrees With Reforming The Education System

14:25, 18 Aug. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Tuesday during a debate on the education reform that “some would want us to remain at the diagnosis level regarding the education laws, without ever adopting real solutions,” adding that this is the right moment for the reform to be made.

Romanian Prime Minister To Analyze Solutions Regarding Education Laws

13:58, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he will analyze the solutions regarding the two packs of laws on education, one drawn up by a presidential commission and the other by the Education Ministry.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Challenge Education Min Over Education Code

16:25, 13 Aug. 2009
The president of the Romanian democratic liberal women, Sulfina Barbu, said Thursday the education law proposed by education minister Ecaterina Andronescu is beyond the governing agenda, and responsibility will be assumed foe the presidential committee’s draft law, which can be amended.

Romanian Liberals To Present New Law Pack On Education, September 1

15:23, 11 Aug. 2009
Romanian National Liberal Party will present in Parliament on September 1, at the beginning of the parliamentary session, its own law pack on education, which was rejected in March, Horea Uireanu, liberal vice-president in the Chamber of Deputies, said Tuesday.

Romanian Education Min Frowns On Govt Taking Responsibility For Education Laws

13:23, 10 Aug. 2009
Romania’s education minister Ecaterina Andronescu said she would submit Monday the draft law on education to rectors, school inspectorates and unions in the sector for further public debate.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Laws On Wages, Education, Restructuring On Sept 2

13:15, 10 Aug. 2009
The Romanian government will take responsibility in Parliament, on Sept 2, for the unitary pay law in the budget sector, the law restructuring government agencies, and the laws on pension-wage cumulus and on education, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday after the meeting of the ruling coalition.

Romania’s Social Democratic Party Won’t Assume Responsibility For Laws On Education

16:48, 08 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Social Democratic Party won’t assume responsibility for the set of laws on education, deeming that parliamentary debate is required, party spokesperson Bogdan Niculescu Duvaz told MEDIAFAX Saturday.

Romanian PM Wants Govt To Assume Responsibility For Laws On Wages, Pensions, Education

16:03, 06 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Thursday said on the public radio he wants the Government to assume responsibility for the unitary wage law in the budget sector, the law on pensions and on education, adding the Constitution doesn’t limit such initiatives.

Romanian Education Min, Unionists Want To Turn “Good Laws” To „Convenient” – President

19:02, 30 Iul. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday said on public radio RRA that the meeting of education minister Ecaterina Andronescu and the unionists in the sector eyes transforming a good set of laws, beneficial to the education, into a “convenient” one.

Romanian Min: Education Sector Laws Must Be Put Up For Public, Parliament Debate

11:53, 30 Iul. 2009
Romania’s education minister Ecaterina Andronescu on Thursday said the laws regulating the education sector must be put up for public debate and also discussed in Parliament, arguing she wants ministry officials to complete talks with the unionists until August 14 in order to draft effective laws.

Romanian Pres Blasts Education Min, Unions Over Sluggish Reform

16:58, 23 Iul. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday that education minister Ecaterina Andronescu resorts to unacceptable compromise in the reform of education, prodded by electoral interests, while unions are the main element blocking the improvement of the education system.

Spiru Haret University Degrees Valid Until Situation Resolved – Romanian Education Min

10:14, 22 Iul. 2009
All degrees issued by Spiru Haret University will stay valid until the situation in the institution is resolved, education minister Ecaterina Andronescu said in a press conference.

Romanian Govt Halts Program Helping Students Buy Computers

14:23, 25 Iun. 2009
The Romanian government decided to suspend this year a program that granted EUR200 aid to help students in low income families buy computers, citing the need to revise selection criteria for beneficiaries and run detailed check-ups on applicants.

Romanian Beginner Teachers Could Received Triple Pay Under New Wage Grid

19:47, 01 Iun. 2009
The salary of beginner teachers could grow three times, according to the proposed salary grid in education, to over 3,000 lei (EUR1 = RON4.1817), while the pay of experienced teachers could grow by some 80%, said the vice president of the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education, Simion Hance.

Romanian Pres: Justice, Education, Healthcare- The Least Reformed Sectors

14:34, 16 Mai 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Saturday, at the Congress of Romanian Students’ Union, that justice, education and healthcare are the least reformed sectors and cast the blame on political schemes and interests.

Romanian Official: Decentralization In Education May Start In Three Months

12:21, 12 Mai 2009
The contests needed to appoint school principals, substitute teachers and to grant tenure should be organized at local level, according to the decentralization process, which could start as soon as in three months, Liviu Dragnea, head of the Union of Country Councils in Romania, said Tuesday.

Romanian National Exam Subject Developers Resigned – Education Min

19:53, 08 Mai 2009
The two people in charge with developing the national exam subjects for Romanian language and literature, adviser Stan Mihail and director Dumitru Savulescu, resigned Friday after making a mistake in the subjects, according to the Ministry of Education.

Reform Is Needed In High School Curricula – Romanian Pres

19:49, 06 Mai 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Wednesday on national radio station RRA, that the number of classes in high schools needs to be decreased, and this means many teachers will lose their jobs, "because a large percentage of teachers are of poor quality."

Romanian Teachers’ Unions Sign Agreement With Ed Ministry, Exams Go Ahead

16:27, 06 Mai 2009
Romania's four union federations representing employees in the education sector signed an agreement with the Education, Labor and Finance Ministries on Wednesday and suspended planned strikes, which they threaten to resume anytime if the government breaches the agreement.

Romania Interior Min Endorses Govt’s Salary Measures In Education

14:33, 06 Mai 2009
Romanian interior minister Dan Nica said finance minister Gheorghe Pogea assured education unionists during talks Wednesday that the government will strive to avoid reducing teachers’ salaries in 2009 and, as soon as the country’s economy revives a bit, the government will focus on low incomes.

Romanian National Exams Postponed To May 7, Teacher Strike Suspended

19:33, 04 Mai 2009
Romanian education minister Ecaterina Andronescu said Monday at the end of talks with unionists in education that the national exams set for tomorrow have been rescheduled for May 7, while the dates for the other exams are unchanged, and the strike set by teachers for Tuesday has been suspended.

Romanian Teachers’ Strike Still On For May 5 – Union Official

15:46, 04 Mai 2009
Liviu Pop, secretary general within the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), said Monday the strike plans for Tuesday remain the same and added unions were presented with a document the unionists cannot sign, because it does not present concrete data regarding "sums or deadlines".

Rescheduled Exams Will Lead To Rescheduled Strikes – Romanian Teachers’ Unions

13:32, 04 Mai 2009
Romanian teachers’ union members said Monday that, should the national exams be rescheduled, their strikes would be rescheduled as well, to coincide with the new exam dates.

Strike Not A Solution For Education Sector – Romanian PM

12:02, 04 Mai 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Monday that a strike “is not a solution” for the education sector right now, but that he has faith in the “maturity of teaching staff” and that the solutions to the teachers’ problems are in accordance with the current budget situation.

Romanian President Advances Three New Draft Laws In Education

15:58, 30 Apr. 2009
The Romanian commission in charge with drawing up the country’s strategy in education has completed three draft laws in the field, President Traian Basescu told unionists in a meeting Thursday.

Romanian Teachers On Strike Tuesday, Boycotting National Language Test

12:22, 30 Apr. 2009
Romanian unionists in the education sector decided Thursday to go on strike next Tuesday, when seventh and eighth graders are supposed to take the Romanian language and literature national exam.

Some 80% Of Romanian Unionist Teachers Want National Exam Boycott – Union Leader

11:30, 30 Apr. 2009
The leader of the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), Aurel Cornea, said Thursday that some 80% of teachers affiliated to this federation want to boycott the national exams, and this would lead to a change in the evaluation format established by the Ministry of Education.

Boycotting National Exams Not A Solution For Romanian Education Sys – Minister

15:19, 15 Apr. 2009
Romanian education minister Ecaterina Andronescu said Wednesday that boycotting national exams is not a solution for the Romanian education sector.