Governing program 2018-2020/ Education: Education Law amended by Jan. 1, 2019 at the latest

According to the Governing Program 2018 - 2020, the Education Law will be modified by January 1, 2019 at the latest. 

"We consider education to be a strategic development factor. (...) Implementing the principle of equal opportunities in education, improving educational performance, the skills and competencies of all children and young people through access to a relevant, quality and inclusive education system are key to economic growth and prosperity," the document states. 

"It is absolutely necessary to increase budget allocations so as to match the importance of education and scientific research for the development of modern Romania," the program specifies. 

The measures listed in the Governing Program include parenting support to make sure the children have a good start in life, ensuring the children's integration in nurseries and access to pre-school education, and later on to quality education in adequately equipped schools. To this end, investments are pinpointed for the rehabilitation / upgrading of school buildings, but also a Guaranteed Social Package for Education. 

Plans also provide for the construction of 2,500 nurseries, kindergartens and after-school units, as well as measures for training teaching staff. 

Also envisaged is the expansion of entrepreneurial education to all schools in Romania, re-establishing / modernizing school workshops for vocational and technological education, and the setting in place of a National Directory of Entrepreneur Mentors and of the Student Entrepreneurial Society (SAS) in universities, concomitantly with a National Investment Fund for student-started businesses. 

For research, the authorities envisage "predictable and substantial" financing.

AGERPRES