The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, declared on Monday that the ministry will not leave any student without a completed situation and without the possibility, if they are in the 8th or 12th grade, to take the exams. There are solutions if this period is extended, we will also extend the school year. There is no option not to finish the school year, not to end the secondary school, not to hold the national exams, the minister also said on Antena 1, according to News.ro. She also referred to the students who take exams at universities abroad, showing that they will also contact their counterparts from other states to explain the actual situation.
The Minister of Education was asked what is the worst scenario in the case of a strike in education.
“There are solutions in case this period is extended, we will also extend the school year. There is no option in which we don’t end the school year in good conditions, don’t end the averages, don’t take the national exams. All will take place even if it means extending the school year. My message to those protesting is to understand that we are making every effort and that the Ministry of Education is with them in demanding their correct salary rights, but at the same time we must think about how we manage to ensure the national exams, the end of the school situation and the right to education for all”, she pointed out.
“Registration for the Baccalaureate exam starts today, but we are talking about a registration period, the period is May 29 – June 7. There is time to complete these registrations. If necessary, we will extend it, but for now we have educational units where this registration can be done, where the human resource can be ensured in this sense. For the other educational units, we hope that the protest will be completed as soon as possible and we will remain in the announced period that ends on June 7”, said Ligia Deca on Antena 1, according to News.ro.
The minister also showed that the averages must be completed, according to the school calendar, by the end of this week.
“If the situation requires it, we can modify the structure of the school year for those who are in the twelfth grade or the thirteenth grade, in such a way as to give the necessary time to close the middle school and to register for the Baccalaureate exam”, Deca also showed.
She mentioned that the Ministry of Education will take all measures so that the school situation of all students is completed and participation in the national exams is ensured.
“We will not leave any student with an unfinished situation and without the possibility, if he is in the 8th grade or in the 12th grade, to take the exams he needs to move on,” the minister said.
Regarding those students who want to take exams at universities abroad and depend on this strict calendar, the minister said: “We will make every effort to be able to guarantee access to the national exams. Of course, there are special, punctual situations. We will also get in touch with counterparts from other states to explain the actual situation and I believe that things will be resolved in such a way that we end the year well, in case this period is extended”, the minister added.
She also referred to the effects of the GEO, which changes the rule of suspending the employment contract. The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, explained that the employment contract, once the strike has started, is no longer suspended by law.
“According to the ordinance, it is the employee’s option, the employee informs if he wants to suspend his employment contract. If they don’t express this option, then we are only talking about the option of going on strike, certainly with the consequences on signing the condition on that day and affecting the days actually worked”, she pointed out.
Editor : I.C
