President Traian Basescu sustains a press conference on the law on education which he promulgated earlier after the Constitutional Court declared it constitutional. Follow his most important statements in the text.

Here are his most important statements

I would like to highlight some modifications in the educational system brought about by this law

This is an important moment of reform in Romania

The law represents the end of a 4 year debate on the matter

The law, passed by the government is an important moment and a guarantee that the modernization of the educational system is irreversible

Such a controversial law could not have possibly made everyone happy and one should not expect a perfect law Champions in this sector are union leaders, Mrs.

Andronescu former Education minister and many others who also reformed at their time and whose results are seen now, after ten years I was compelled to promulgate the law politically, not only constitutionally

The law is based on an agreement for education signed by all political parties and many organizations of the civil society

It is regrettable that the first who signed this law, Senate’s Speaker Mircea Geoana became one of the fiercest voices against the law

This is not the end of the reform, this is just the beginning of the modernization process

The system focuses on students and pupils

It includes parents, local community, professors and heads of education institutions as accountable for the quality of education

The system begins decentralization as it becomes a part of the local community

It allows efficiency in control

The law stimulates competition between universities and schools and offers stability to the system The law ensures that th