education

More European money for Romania: 7 priorities announced by Victor Negrescu

13:50, 14 Sept. 2026
Romania needs to get more European money and benefit from greater investments in education and health. MEP Victor Negrescu announces the seven priorities for the coming months.

Education union members refuse to participate in discussions on the new pay law

16:37, 23 Iul. 2026
Education union federations announced Thursday in a joint press release that they will not participate in the discussions scheduled for Thursday at the Ministry of Labor regarding the new pay law.

Bolojan meets with university rectors to discuss education and research budget

14:51, 20 Ian. 2026
According to a government press release, the prime minister said that the proposals in the draft law on administrative measures, which also cover higher education and research, are intended to continue reducing budgetary expenditure in the context of the need to reduce the budget deficit.

Education union leader: School year to open for the first time in front of Victoria Palace

13:29, 29 Aug. 2025
Education unions are threatening to boycott the opening of the school year. “We hope there will be protests in all schools,” said FSLI leader on Friday after a meeting with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.

Iohannis: The lack of quality education becomes a threat to long-term development

12:50, 29 Ian. 2020
President Klaus Iohannis has said, on Wednesday, at the conference "Educated Romania - public policies and coordination of funding sources", that the lack of quality education, accessible to all, is threatening Romania's long-term development.

Education Minister Promises Measures Until End of 2019 To Address PISA Scores

20:03, 06 Dec. 2019
Romania’s Education and Research Minister Monica Anisie stated on Friday that the ministry will draft a set of measures until the end of the year to address the country’s education woes, after the PISA 2018 results showed rampant functional illiteracy among the country’s 15-year old students.

Kindergarten Investigated After Child With ASD Was Locked Inside Empty Classroom During Inspection

19:20, 14 Feb. 2019
The Bucharest Municipal School Inspectorate (ISMB) launched an inquiry into a Bucharest kindergarten on Thursday, after reports emerged that a little girl diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was locked inside an empty classroom during an official inspection.

Parliament Committees Approve 2019 Education Ministry Budget On A 46.7% Yearly Increase

19:08, 12 Feb. 2019
The Romanian Parliament’s combined budget-finances committees gave a positive review on Tuesday for the Education Ministry’s proposed 2019 budget, worth RON30.6 billion, a 46.7% increase from 2018.

Education Minister Proposes Changes To PhD Grad School Reviewing, Rectors’ Council Opposes

17:56, 01 Feb. 2019
Romanian Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu proposed a draft decree which changes the manner in which PhD grad schools are verified, heavily reducing the responsibility of higher education quality watchdog ARACIS, a move opposed by the country’s National Rectors’ Council (CNR).

Romanian Youth Council Requests Government And EU To Find Solutions For Youth Employment Funds

17:11, 11 Ian. 2019
The Romanian Youth Council requested the European Commission and its country’s Government to find solution for unblocking EU funds for youth employment, as Romania used only a fraction of its allotted funds for the initiative, in a statement issued on Thursday.

Ukraine Suggests Romanian Ethnics In Grades 1 To 4 Have 80% Of Curriculum In Mother Tongue

17:45, 28 Sept. 2017
Ukrainian representatives suggested that Romanian ethnics in grades 1 to 4 had 80 percent of their curriculum in their mother tongue, with the percentage gradually decreasing towards grade 12, in which case Romanian ethnics would have between 20 and 30 percent of their curriculum in Romanian.

Romanian Pupils Might Take Oral Examinations Within The Baccalaureate In February

18:27, 29 Aug. 2017
Pupil representatives have asked the Romanian Ministry of Education to hold the oral examinations within the Baccalaureate exam in February, so as to avoid the scorching heat during the summer months and allow candidates to prepare better for the written examinations.

Romanian Education Unionists To Picked Education Ministry HQ Friday

17:22, 18 Ian. 2012
About 300 Romanian education unionists will picked Friday the headquarters of the Education Ministry, the Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI) said Wednesday.

Romanian Senate Approves Bill On Medical Practices In Schools

20:16, 21 Nov. 2011
Romania's Senate on Monday adopted a bill concerning medical and dentist practices in public and private schools.

Romania To Wait Until 2014 To Finance Education System By 6% Of GDP

16:06, 11 Aug. 2011
Romania's Government will extend the deadline by which it must provide at least 6% of the GDP to the education system by two years, until 2014, arguing that it would entail an additional budgetary burden of more than 46 billion lei (over EUR10 billion) in 2012 and 2013.

Romanian PM, Education Min Say Country Can’t Afford Wage Hikes For Teachers

14:02, 10 Apr. 2011
Romania can’t afford to give teachers a 50% wage raise next year either, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday, adding such a move would ruin the economy.

Romanian President Supports Education Bill Adopted By Govt

18:53, 14 Dec. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday he supports the education bill in the format adopted by the Government, and added he wants the act to be passed by the end of the year.

Romanian Govt To Seek Conf Vote To Pass Wage Bill On Dec 14

14:48, 04 Dec. 2010
Romania’s Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament on December 14 to pass into legislation an IMF-required unitary wage bill for the public sector and the 2011 state budget law will be sent to Parliament for approval next week, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday.

Romanian Youths Unhappy With School-Provided Sexual Education – Study

17:44, 18 Nov. 2010
More than half of the Romanian youths who took part in a European study on sexual health believe the teachers handling their sexual education at school do not have the necessary knowledge, says a press release.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Ask Parliament To Put Off Govt’s Confidence Vote On Education Bill

20:19, 27 Oct. 2010
The Romanian opposition Liberal Party will ask the Parliament’s standing offices to postpone by one week the confidence vote the Government will seek in Parliament to pass the country’s education bill, liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Wednesday.

Some 5,000 Romanian Education Unionists Protest In Bucharest Tuesday

11:55, 05 Oct. 2010
Almost 5,000 affiliated with the Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI) are protesting Tuesday, World Teachers’ Day, outside the Government’s headquarters, demanding decent salaries, the cancellation of layoff plans and investments in schools.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Education Ministry’s Total Expenses To Increase By 2013

10:59, 16 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Education Ministry’s total expenses are seen to increase in the upcoming three years and might reach 8,480 million (EUR1=RON4.2394) in 2013, from RON5,536 million in 2010, according to estimates in the country’s three-year fiscal strategy approved by the Government Wednesday.

Romanian Senate Adopts Bill On Public Financing For Accredited Private Schools

20:25, 14 Sept. 2010
Romania’s Senate adopted Tuesday a bill according to which accredited private pre-university education units would be financed mainly from the state and local budgets.

Over 60% Of Romanians Would Send Their Children To Study Abroad – Poll

19:09, 13 Sept. 2010
Over 60% of Romanians would send their children to study abroad, according to a research conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategies.

Over 100,000 Unionists Plan To Sue Education Ministry Over 25% Cut In Vacation Bonuses

16:28, 03 Sept. 2010
Over 100,000 unionists with the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), which mainly represents teaching staff, plan to sue the Education Ministry, disgruntled with a 25% cut in vacation bonuses, the federation said in a press release Friday.

Romanian Education Union FSLI To Sue Authorities Over Non-Teacher Layoffs

18:21, 01 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Federation of Free Education Unions (FSLI) announced Wednesday that it will take school inspectorates to court, after an August 24 ministerial order laid off hundreds of the education system’s non-teaching employees effective September 1.

Romanian Govt To Cut 2,270 More Jobs In Education – Sources

09:42, 12 Aug. 2010
Romania’s Government decided in the Cabinet meeting Wednesday to cut 4,240 more jobs in education, of which 2,270 are currently filled and the rest are vacant, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Over 400,000 Education, Public Administration Employees Go On Strike Indefinitely On Monday

16:30, 26 Mai 2010
Over 400,000 Romanian employees in the education and the public administration sectors will go on full-blown strike indefinitely starting Monday over the Government’s austerity plan, and several other public sector unions announced they will join protests.

Dissatisfied Romanian Education Unionists To Boycott Graduation Exam

21:31, 25 Mai 2010
Romania’s education unionists decided Tuesday, after talks with Education Minister Daniel Funeriu, to go ahead with the May 31 strike, which will coincide with the written foreign language high school graduation exam, and called for an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romanian Education Unionists Go Ahead With Strike On April 22

14:26, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian teachers affiliated with the FSLI, “Spiru Haret” and FEN trade union federations have decided to go ahead with the all-out strike announced for April 22, dissatisfied with the results of the meeting with Education Minister Daniel Funeriu.

Romanian Senate Rejects Opposition’s Motion On Education

19:38, 07 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Senate rejected Wednesday the simple motion on education submitted by the opposition parties, with 65 votes against, 51 votes for and no abstentions.

Romanian Govt To Approve Education Bill On Monday – Sources

13:39, 07 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government plans to hold a meeting Monday evening to approve the draft law on education, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Liberals Submit Motion On Education In Senate

11:32, 31 Mart. 2010
Romanian liberals on Wednesday submitted with the Senate a simple motion on education, which was also upheld by social democrat senators, liberal senators’ leader Puiu Hasotti said Wednesday.

Past Romanian Education Reforms Only ‘Stitched’ System – President

13:13, 29 Mart. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Monday that, so far, the education system has only been “stitched,” as no significant changes have been made.

Romanian President Calls For Depoliticized Debate On Education Law

12:26, 29 Mart. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Monday that the only way to have a good law on education is to take a depoliticized approach to the system’s priorities.

Romanian Parents Associations Call Govt, Education Unions To Dialogue

13:39, 22 Mart. 2010
The Romanian National Federation of Parent Associations in High School Education (FNAP-IP) called on the teachers, Government and the Ministry of Education to find a way towards constructive dialogue, in view of solving all issues.

Romanian State To Open EUR500 Education Accounts For Newborns – Draft Law

20:02, 16 Mart. 2010
The Romanian State will open for each newborn child an education fund representing the equivalent of EUR500 in lei, according to the new draft education law.

Romanian National Education Federation Calls For Protests, Even General Strike

17:45, 07 Mart. 2010
Romanian public education union FEN has called for protest action, leading up to an all-out strike, as unionists are dissatisfied with decreased salaries following the implementation of the unitary wage law, the withholding of certain bonuses and layoffs to be carried out as of September 1.

Romanian Education Unionists Call On Ministry To Issue Order Regulating Wage System

11:50, 09 Feb. 2010
The secretary general of the National Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), Liviu Pop, on Tuesday said it is highly necessary to clear out salary issues in the education sector immediately, adding the federation has called on the Education Ministry to issue an order and regulate the matter.

Romanian Education Unionists Threaten To Resume Protests

18:11, 20 Ian. 2010
Romanian education federations have started considering the initiation of protests, displeased with the measures considered by the Ministry of Education, namely teacher layoffs and lack of payment for exams, said Wednesday "Spiru Haret" Federation leader Gheorghe Isvoranu.