school year

The 2011-2012 school year will not include a break between semesters but the winter and spring breaks will be extended by one week each, Education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Tuesday.

The Romanian Federation of Free Education Unions (FSLI) said in a press release, that the 2010-2011 school year “will be a period of hardship for the Romanian education system,” given the 25% salary cuts and teacher layoffs.

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.