In this context, we have to notice that the efforts of the Ministry of Education are completed by the initiatives of the civil society, the NGOs having an important role in directing the resources towards those who really need help.
These private initiatives are represented both by scholarships granted to children who have good results in school, but which do not have financial possibilities, and by various continuous training programs, of integration of graduates on the labor market, or by the equipping the education institutions with various goods (computers, books, etc.). For instance, Dinu Patriciu Foundation, within the “Invent Your Future” program, annually grants 5,000 scholarships to high school students and 500 scholarships to students, plus 100 monthly scholarships for students from the Republic of Moldova who study in Romania. The amount annually allocated to these scholarships exceeding 3 million USD. (https://www.fundatiadinupatriciu.ro/en/media_room/stiri/453).
Here are some other NGOs that support educational programs: Centre for Innovation in Eduication TEHNE - is a NGO non-profit organization, aiming to support educational initiatives through projects and programs covering areas of non-formal education, formal curriculum development, education for democratic citizenship, education through ICTs, elearning, lifelong learning, and in-service teacher training (http://www.tehne.ro/education/tehne_romania_ngo.html), National Foundation for Community Development (http://www.fndc.ro/en/), CSRC (http://www.crsceurope.org/education-fair-2011-university-of-bucharest/), and others.
Here below you canread more details about reforms which are currently carried out with regards to improving the Romanial educational system.
In recent years, Romania has included the principles of lifelong learning in policy documents as priorities in the area of education, continuous training and employment. Examples of such documents are the strategy Education and Research for the Knowledge Society and the draft National Education Law. Because Romania did not have a coherent and comprehensive lifelong learning strategy, the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports initiated in 2009 the development of a Lifelong Learning Strategy with the participation of specialists and all stakeholders. Here are some of the results of their activity:
assessment and certification of competences acquired in informal and non-formal learning contexts through the Centers for the Assessment and Certification of Professional Competences authorized by the National Adult Training Council;
introduction in Romania of tools developed at European level, Europass and Youthpass (Europass Language Passport, Europass Mobility, Europass Diploma Supplement and Europass Certificate Supplement) that facilitate the voluntary recognition of competences and qualifications. The National Agency for EU Programs in the Area of Education and Training acts as a National Europass and Youthpass Centre and manages the completion and issuance of the above mentioned documents together with the issuing bodies;
implementation of systems that assess the competences of young people who wish to benefit from second chance Programs – a process initiated by the Ministry of Education with the implementation of the Phare Access to Education Programs.
Programs of the National Employment Agency for the assessment and certification of competences of Romanian citizens who worked abroad and then returned to Romania.
These private initiatives are represented both by scholarships granted to children who have good results in school, but which do not have financial possibilities, and by various continuous training programs, of integration of graduates on the labor market, or by the equipping the education institutions with various goods (computers, books, etc.). For instance, Dinu Patriciu Foundation, within the “Invent Your Future” program, annually grants 5,000 scholarships to high school students and 500 scholarships to students, plus 100 monthly scholarships for students from the Republic of Moldova who study in Romania. The amount annually allocated to these scholarships exceeding 3 million USD. (https://www.fundatiadinupatriciu.ro/en/media_room/stiri/453).
Here are some other NGOs that support educational programs: Centre for Innovation in Eduication TEHNE - is a NGO non-profit organization, aiming to support educational initiatives through projects and programs covering areas of non-formal education, formal curriculum development, education for democratic citizenship, education through ICTs, elearning, lifelong learning, and in-service teacher training (http://www.tehne.ro/education/tehne_romania_ngo.html), National Foundation for Community Development (http://www.fndc.ro/en/), CSRC (http://www.crsceurope.org/education-fair-2011-university-of-bucharest/), and others.
Here below you canread more details about reforms which are currently carried out with regards to improving the Romanial educational system.
In recent years, Romania has included the principles of lifelong learning in policy documents as priorities in the area of education, continuous training and employment. Examples of such documents are the strategy Education and Research for the Knowledge Society and the draft National Education Law. Because Romania did not have a coherent and comprehensive lifelong learning strategy, the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports initiated in 2009 the development of a Lifelong Learning Strategy with the participation of specialists and all stakeholders. Here are some of the results of their activity:
assessment and certification of competences acquired in informal and non-formal learning contexts through the Centers for the Assessment and Certification of Professional Competences authorized by the National Adult Training Council;
introduction in Romania of tools developed at European level, Europass and Youthpass (Europass Language Passport, Europass Mobility, Europass Diploma Supplement and Europass Certificate Supplement) that facilitate the voluntary recognition of competences and qualifications. The National Agency for EU Programs in the Area of Education and Training acts as a National Europass and Youthpass Centre and manages the completion and issuance of the above mentioned documents together with the issuing bodies;
implementation of systems that assess the competences of young people who wish to benefit from second chance Programs – a process initiated by the Ministry of Education with the implementation of the Phare Access to Education Programs.
Programs of the National Employment Agency for the assessment and certification of competences of Romanian citizens who worked abroad and then returned to Romania.