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| ROMANIAN EDUCATION 6/12/2007 |
| (2007-12-06) |
| Last updated: 2007-12-07 17:38 EET |
Last summer, Basescu ordered the establishment of an expert committee which made a thorough analysis of the education system. Its conclusions were reported to the Presidency and sounded a dramatic alarm: the system is inefficient, irrelevant, unfair, poorly funded and fails to meet European requirements. The academic results of Romanian students rank among the poorest of the entire European Union. The numerous prizes that Romanian students competing in international school contests, in fields such as mathematics, IT, physics and chemistry, are, if anything, the exceptions that prove the rule. The dropout rate is among the highest in Europe.
The situation fares even worse in the countryside, where only a quarter of children go to high school, and their achievements are about 3 times poorer than their classmates in cities. Committee experts also warned that the long-term risk is for future graduates to increasingly lack professional skills, making the Romanian economy less competitive. On Wednesday, Basescu attended a symposium entitled ‘Education and Research in Romania’, aimed at finding solutions.
The president again urged party leaders to get involved in the application of the so-called Education pact, which he said was the responsibility of the entire political class. He added that a new pragmatic contract between professors and students was needed:
“I propose that students receive financial backing throughout their education. Schools reporting good results will be the most popular. As regards higher education, I propose the application of multi-year funding, broken down by study cycles and based on projects.”
The president said a minimum 6% of the GDP for education and 1% for research is required for Romania to be internationally competitive. He deplored the fact that so far, funds allocated to research and education landed in the hands of politicians:
“In post-Communist Romania, financing education had a tendency to be a seasonal preoccupation for government members, especially in yeas preceding elections. That is why a medium and long-term commitment is required, which will aim for the education system to receive a 6% minimum of the GDP, between 2008 and 2013.”
(Bogdan Matei)
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