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| A POTENTIAL PACT FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (13.07.07) |
| (2007-07-13) |
| Last updated: 2007-07-16 13:33 EET |
‘The education system and research lack efficiency, are irrelevant, inequitable, of poor quality and do not meet the minimum requirements of a European society and economy”. The verdict given by president Traian Basescu relies on the assessment of a specialised commission warning that the results of Romanian students range among the poorest in the entire European Union. The situation is dramatic in rural areas, where only a quarter of children attend high school and their school achievements are 2 to 3 times poorer than the results of their fellow students in cities. Prizes that Romanian students reap every year in international mathematics, physics and chemistry contests are irrelevant at the end of the day, Basescu said, as long as ‘these academic competitions do not replace social competition’.
The future graduates, increasingly lacking professional skills, thus run the ensuing risk of making Romanian economy increasingly less productive. Solutions put forth comprise the adaptation of the school curriculum to social needs, a thorough reform of human resources policies, financial decentralisation, free 13-year education, the dismantling of vocational schools and the promotion of 3 types of high schools: theoretical, technological and vocational. Given the importance of the issue and the gravity of the crisis, the president believes the entire political class must embrace these solutions. Traian Basescu:
“The debate on this issue could give rise to a consensus, shaped as a pact on education and research, a pact not affected by politicians’ ambitions and one which can steer on action over the next years, irrespective of governments and the source of the parliament majority, irrespective of the prime minister’s name and of the president’s name.”
As they briefly put on hold political passions, parties seem to espouse the presidential strategy. Liberal education minister, Cristian Adomnitei, has hailed Basescu’s proposal:
“In order for these laws to be passed by parliament, to be approved by the president and to be finally implemented and accepted, we must indeed come up with a pact which we should all join in to build.”
The minister’s forerunner, Social Democrat Ecaterina Andronescu shares Cristian Adomnitei's stance:
“Political leaders across the world put forth and develop education projects and this is only natural.”
Education unions also support the cross-party idea, considering that, it's politicians, who pass incoherent laws and do not allocate sufficient funds, that sparked the current crisis of the system.
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