The Romanian Educational System
The compulsory learning system in Romania lasts 10 years. At the age of 16,there is no compulsory attendance anymore for the ten-class education, daily form of attendance.
The national system of education belongs both to state and is also private.
It has the following levels:
a) Nursery education: beginner, elementary, upper-elementary, preparatory levels
b) Primary school education:1st to 4th classes.
c)Secondary-school education:
• Inferior secondary-School-5th to 8th grades- and 9th -10th (inferior cycle of high-school or Art and Job School);
• Superior secondary school-the 11th ,12th and 13th classes;
d)Post secondary school education;
e)Superior (university and post-university education).
The structure of pre-university education is:

The University Education is coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Research taking into account the autonomy of Universities.
The Strategic Priorities of the Reform in the Romanian Educational System
- The Ministry of Education and Research is developing the reform of the pre-university system.
The educational policies promoted by M.Ed.C are meant to contribute to the development of the Romanian society by integrating all children and teenagers in a form of education and thus acquiring the key-skills to knowledge economy and informational society.
- The main objectives are:
- The quality of the educational activities
- The personal development of the students by permanent learning
- The availability of human resources in the pre-university system through permanent learning.
- The improvement of the social cohesion and the massive participation in programs focused on economical
- and social development
- The personal development of the students by permanent learning
- The Ministry’s policies will focus on the following strategic priorities:
- 1. The equity in education
- 2. The fulfillment of basic education for all citizens ;the building of key-skills
- 3. The foundation of education activities on the needs for personal and professional development.
- 4. The improvement of teaching-learning process and of educational services.
- 5. The assurance of the complementarity of formal, non-formal and informal education; continuous learning
- as a major dimension of educational policy.
- 6. The opening of the educational system and professional formation towards society, social., economic and cultural environment; the strategic priorities are realized through programs and educational and projects.
- 2. The fulfillment of basic education for all citizens ;the building of key-skills
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The programme “The Assurance of basic education for all citizens”-the formation of key-competences.
- 1.The project-“Formation of key-competences of democratic citizenship”.
- 2.The project-“Fundamenting of informatised education”.
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The programme “The Foundation of educational offer on the basis of personal development needs from the perspective of lasting development and the ensurance of economic and social cohesion”.
- 1.The project-“The fundamenting of school plan and reduction of school network”.
- 2.The project :”The improvement of Professional and Technical Education”