Romania - Functional Review : Pre-University Education Sector

Romania - Functional Review : Pre-University Education Sector

Romania's ability to compete in the global market for goods and services will depend on its ability to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy. This depends on having a highly skilled workforce, which depends, in turn, on the relevance...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Education Sector Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ADDITION APPLIED RESEARCH BASIC PRINCIPLES BINDING CALL CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM COHORT OF STUDENTS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION COMPLEXITY COUNSELING CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION LAW EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT EXAMS FACULTIES FINANCIAL REWARDS GLOBAL MARKET GRADUATE STUDIES HEADMASTERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT LIBRARIES LITERACY MASS MEDIA MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINORITY LANGUAGES MOTHER TONGUE NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION DATA NATIONAL EXAMS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN SCHOOLS PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PROFICIENCY PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLISHERS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION QUALITY OF TEACHING READING READING COMPREHENSION RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL AGE POPULATION SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL INSPECTORS SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NETWORK SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE EDUCATION SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SMALLER NUMBER SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION SPORTS STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER PAY TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS TEACHERS SALARIES TEACHERS UNIONS TEACHING TEACHING POSITIONS TEACHING STAFF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TENURE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOKS TRADE UNIONS TRAINING OF TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WORKERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/17056527/romania-functional-review-pre-university-education-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12279

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Summary:	Romania's ability to compete in the global market for goods and services will depend on its ability to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy. This depends on having a highly skilled workforce, which depends, in turn, on the relevance and quality of the education received by its children. The challenge is to bring the level of achievement of Romanian children in key subjects, such as mathematics, science, and reading comprehension in mother tongue - to current levels found in most European countries. Substantial investment of funds in the education sector has not produced the desired results because of a failure to concurrently improve utilization and efficiency. The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (MERYS) has been trying hard to improve education in terms of both relevance and quality. It has considerably increased its investments in the education system in recent years. However, the increase in expenditure did not result in improved learning. In the past four years the Ministry has drafted several versions of a new Education bill containing very ambitious strategies that aim indeed at fundamentally changing the way the education system operates, but this has not yet been enacted into law by Parliament. It is important to note, however, that the implementation of the Ministry's ambitious strategy is dependent not only on changes in the education law and on factors that are within its own control, but also on factors that are beyond its control - particularly general civil service and Ministry of Finance rules relating to the structuring and staffing of ministries and the management of financial resources respectively.