Romanian Education System

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Romanian Education System
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Sight of Cluj
Streets in the night
Cluj Art Museum
Cluj Botanical Garden
Cluj by night
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Summary

• The Education System in Romania
• Priorities of the Education Policy
• Cluj County School Inspectorate
• Expertise in Project Implementation

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Structure of the Education System
Age Grade Educational Levels Educational Levels Educational Levels
gt19 Post-graduate education Post-graduate education Higher education and post-graduate education
gt19 Higher Education Higher Education Higher education and post-graduate education
gt19 Post-high school (post lyceum) Post-high school (post lyceum) Post-secondary non-tertiary education
18 XIII Lyceum Upper Cycle Upper secondary education
17 XII Lyceum Upper Cycle Lyceum Upper Cycle Upper secondary education
16 XI Lyceum Upper Cycle Completion Year Upper secondary education
15 X Lyceum Lower Cycle Arts and Trades School Lower secondary education
14 IX Lyceum Lower Cycle Arts and Trades School Lower secondary education
13 VIII First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) Lower secondary education
12 VII First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) Lower secondary education
11 VI First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) Lower secondary education
10 V First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) First cycle of lower secondary (gimnaziu) Lower secondary education
9 IV Primary Education Primary Education Primary education
8 III Primary Education Primary Education Primary education
7 II Primary Education Primary Education Primary education
6 I Primary Education Primary Education Primary education
5 Preparatory Pre-primary Education Pre-primary Education Pre-school education
4 Middle Pre-primary Education Pre-primary Education Pre-school education
3 Beginner Pre-primary Education Pre-primary Education Pre-school education
Compulsory
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Curriculum Framework

• National Curriculum
• - Seven Curricular Areas
• - Core Curriculum (75)
• - School-based Curriculum
• School Educational Offer
• - Extracurricular activities
• - Special Needs for students with deficiencies
  or high performance capacity

• LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
• MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE
• PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
• ARTS
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• TECHNOLOGIES
• COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE

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Class size, school year timetable

• Class size - depends on the educational level
• 15 ? 20 ? 25 30
• School year
• 34 to 36 weeks
• starting date September 15th
• ending date June 15th
• Timetable
• 50-minute classes / 10-minute breaks
• Morning or afternoon classes

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Priorities of the Education Policy

• Equal and improved access to education
• High educational standards and training for a
  knowledge-based society
• Decentralizing of the education system
• Turning education into a basic tool in the
  modernisation process of Romania
• Envisaging the investment in human resources as
  the most profitable long-term investment
• Reconstruction of rural education
• Combining excellence and general education in an
  efficient way
• IT contribution to education
• Enhancing the European dimension of education
• Institutional development of permanent education

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Governance of the Education System

• NCC National Council for Curriculum
• NSAE National Service for Assessment and
  Evaluation
• PEEAC Pre-university Education Evaluation and
  Accreditation Commission
• NCPTST National Centre for Pre-university
  Teaching Staff Training
• NCTVETD National Centre for TVET Development
• NCTEAD National Council for Textbooks
  Evaluation, Approval and Distribution
• NCE National Centre for Excellence
• CSI County School Inspectorates
• TTH Teacher Training Houses
• LDC Local Development Committee for Social
  Partnership in VET
• LCSS Local Council School Service

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Cluj County School Inspectorate
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The main objectives of theCluj County School
Inspectorate

• To ensure coherence between the national strategy
  and local education process
• To develop the implementation of local and
  regional programs
• To set up public education units kindergartens,
  primary schools, gymnasiums and art and trades
  schools
• Together with the local public administration, to
  ensure high educational standards, as well as the
  development of the material resources in all
  schools, according to the present national
  standards
• To supervise, monitor, support and evaluate the
  activity of teachers of all subjects at
  pre-university level
• To organize in-service teacher training courses
  for school teachers and managers in collaboration
  with the Teacher Training House
• To develop curricular and extracurricular
  projects and activities at the local, regional,
  national and international level

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Summary

• The Education System in Romania
• Priorities of the Education Reform
• County School Inspectorates
• School Management
• Resources

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Curriculum

• National Curriculum
• Core Curriculum (75)
• Differentiated Curriculum grades 9 10
• School-based Curriculum
• Schools Educational Offer
• Differentiated Curriculum grades 9 10
• School-based curriculum
• Extra-curricular activities

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Teachers

• Initial training
• Higher education for secondary education
• Pedagogical Lyceum for pre-school primary
• Professional development
• On the job confirmation (definitivat)
• Didactic grade II
• Didactic grade I

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Class size, school year timetable

• Class sizes - depend on the educational level
• 15 ? 20 ? 25 30
• School year
• 34 to 36 weeks
• 15th of September starting date
• Ending date in June
• Timetable
• 50 min. classes / 10 min. breaks
• Morning or afternoon classes

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Priorities of the Education Reform

• Ensuring access to and improving quality of
  education for everyone
• Rural area
• Disadvantaged groups (Rroma minority and SEN)
• Developing human resources for the knowledge
  society
• The eLearning initiative
• Reform of compulsory education
• Development of the TVET

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County School Inspectorates
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County School Inspectorates

• To monitor the organization and operation of the
  pre-university education network and to inspect
  schools
• To ensure compliance with the law in the
  organization, management and provision of
  education
• To set up public education units kindergartens,
  primary schools, gymnasiums and art and trades
  schools
• To propose to the Ministry of Education the local
  school network under their jurisdiction and the
  students enrolment plan

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• To ensure, jointly with the local public
  administration, school attendance for the
  duration of compulsory education
• To ensure that schools are adequately staffed
  with teachers in accordance with the provisions
  of the Teaching Staff Statute
• To organize and guide the teaching staff's
  continuous training and professional development,
  research work and other complementary activities
  in pre-university education
• To ensure, jointly with the local public
  administration, the educational conditions as
  well as the development of the material resources
  in all schools, according to the national
  standards

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• To coordinate admission competitions and
  graduation examinations in education units, as
  well as other school competitions
• To monitor all pre-university education
  activities and services provided by economic
  agents, foundations, associations, religious
  denominations and other natural persons or legal
  entities in the area under their jurisdiction
• To identify any infringements of the law and take
  such measures as the law provides
• To coordinate and guide the activity of libraries
  in the education units under their subordination
  
• To coordinate and monitor the activity of the
  Teaching Staff House.

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School Inspection

• Why?
• To support schools and teaching staff to improve
  education training activities
• To support evaluation of the quality of the
  educational offer and the school performances of
  the students at local, county and national
  level by providing accurate information to the
  decision makers through the inspections reports

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School Inspection

• What?
• The school performances of the students in
  comparison to the national educational standards
• The schools methods to encourage and support
  students personal development
• The quality of the teaching staff activities
• The quality of the management and the efficiency
  in using the resources

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• The quality of the curriculum, the quality of the
  extra-curricular activities and the ability of
  the school to implement the national curriculum
• School-parents relationship
• School-local community relationship
• Compliance with the in-force legislation,
  procedures, rules and regulations
• Students attitudes towards the education offered
  by the school.

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School Inspection

• How?

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School Inspection

• School Inspection Quality Ensuring System

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School management
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School management

• Directors responsibilities
• To plan, organize, coordinate, monitor and
  evaluate the entire educational process in the
  school and the institutional development of the
  school
• To manage the human resources of the school
• To manage the financial resources of the school
• To administrate the school

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School management

• Main papers to be elaborated by the director
• The medium term (4-year) institutional
  development project of the school
• The semester and annual evaluation reports
• The annual management plan and the semester
  implementation programmes
• Financial material resources development
  projects
• Annual schools budget project

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School management