The war between Education minister Funeriu and teachers continues. Elsewhere in the news, "If citizens desire unification, no one can stop them", temporary Moldavian President believes. Last but not least, a recent poll shows that half of the interviewed Romanians would like to have a referendum on the reinforcement of the death pealty.
The war between Education minister Funeriu and teachers continues, Evenimentul Zilei reads. President Traian Basescu accuses that no change has taken effect in the Education system, "it was only patched". Specialists present yesterday at the meeting with the President said two weeks for the normative act's public debate was too short. They asked the Education Ministry to extend the deadline and pointed out that the law of decisional transparency compels to a 30-day debate.
Presidential councillor Mircea Miclea would agree with the proposal, if and only if the new aspects of the law were discussed. Minister Daniel Funeriu was not happy to have longer debates, which he called "useless". So issues like decentralisation, a compulsory preparatory pre-school year and financing the system according to the number of students would be left on the margins.
The Romanian Academy is interested in setting the parameters for evaluating schools, universities and teachers. Plus, income earners may now be allowed to donate 2% of their interest to the educational account opened for every new born child. This would give a blow to the NGOs. The new law also sees that all universities spread across 200 km distance from one another should unite..
The Ministry aims to have four main institutions: Bucharest University, Iasi University, Timisoara University and Cluj-Napoca University. The measure is not popular with most academics.
"If citizens desire unification, no one can stop them", temporary Mold
