Arges County School Inspectorate*

In the case of incorrect completion due to the fault of the educational institution that issued the original study document or in the case of presenting the original study document damaged so that it can no longer produce the effects for which it was issued, based on a written request from the applicant, the educational institution that issued the document will issue a duplicate, drawn up based on the documents found in the archive of the educational institution from which the school situation of the applicant results.

In the case of loss, destruction, or theft of the original study document, the application for the issuance of a duplicate is accompanied by the following documents, which are archived with a retention period of 100 years at the county school inspectorate, and the copies certified "true to the original" at the educational institution:

a) the notarial/consular statement, given by the holder of the document, including all the necessary identification elements, the circumstances in which the original document was lost, as well as other clarifications confirming the disappearance of the respective study document. The following mention is mandatory: "the original study document has not been left as collateral/guarantee at a state or private institution, in the country or abroad, and has not been knowingly handed over to another natural or legal person";

b) proof of publication of the loss, destruction, or theft of the study document in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part III;

c) notarized copy of the birth/marriage certificate;

d) two color photographs, size 3 x 4 cm;

e) the written approval of the board of administration of the school inspectorate for the issuance of the duplicate, following the documents submitted by the educational institution.

For more details, please consult:

ORDER No. 3844/2016 of May 24, 2016 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the regime of study documents and school documents managed by pre-university educational institutions

Educational incentives are granted to children from disadvantaged families provided that the following criteria are cumulatively met:

a) the child is enrolled in a preschool education institution, according to LEN no. 1/2011, with subsequent amendments and additions;

b) the monthly income per family member is up to twice the guaranteed minimum income level for a single person, as provided by Law no. 416/2001 regarding the guaranteed minimum income, with subsequent amendments and additions.

Law no. 248/2015 regarding the stimulation of participation in preschool education of children from disadvantaged families; Government Decision No. 15/2016 for the approval of the Methodological Norms for the application of the provisions of Law no. 248/2015 concerning the stimulation of participation in preschool education of children from disadvantaged families and the procedure for granting social vouchers for kindergarten.

The “Professional Scholarship” is a national social program that addresses all students attending professional education and consists of monthly financial support.

Children of foreigners who benefit from a form of protection in Romania, as well as those of foreigners, citizens of the European Union/European Economic Area, and of the Swiss Confederation with the right of residence/stay on the territory of Romania, who attend professional education, also benefit from the “Professional Scholarship”.

Students in professional education cannot simultaneously benefit from the “Professional Scholarship” and the financial support granted to students within the National Social Protection Program “High School Money”.

At the level of the Ministry of Education, a national commission for monitoring the granting of the “Professional Scholarship” is established.

The Ministry of Education has been running for over 12 years the national social protection program "High School Money", through which it provides financial support for students in high schools and schools of art and crafts.

For students who wish to obtain this financial support, we have launched the High School Money portal, which, together with the discussion forum dedicated to this national program, represents an efficient means of information.

The beneficiaries are students who are supported by families whose gross monthly income per family member, earned in the last 3 months prior to submitting the application, is a maximum of 500 lei, as well as students who benefit from a protection measure or are under guardianship or curatorship, in case the income condition specified above is met.

The documents will be submitted as copies, provided that, upon submitting the application, the applicant also presents the original documents.

IMPORTANT!

By adopting Government Decision 712/2018 (available attached), starting with the 2018-2019 school year, each beneficiary will receive monthly, throughout the duration of the courses, provided all the stipulated legal conditions are met, the amount of 250 lei/month.
In addition to the indexation of this amount (from 180 lei/month), the value of the maximum threshold for granting the scholarship has also been increased from 150 lei to 500 lei/family member, given the need to correlate the support threshold with the current economic situation.

The "Second Chance" program is addressed to adolescents, young people, adults, coming from diverse social backgrounds and of various ages, who have not attended or have not completed primary and lower secondary education. The program offers these categories of people the possibility to continue and complete compulsory education without being forced to interrupt any professional or family activities they may be involved in.

The program is structured on two levels: Second Chance – primary education and Second Chance – lower secondary education – the latter also having a professional training component.

There is no upper age limit for those who wish to enroll in this program. The condition is that they have exceeded by at least 4 years the age corresponding to the grade and find themselves in the following situations:

For the Second Chance – primary education program:

• they have not participated at all in formal – school education;
• they were enrolled, but abandoned primary education – regardless of the moment and reasons for abandonment;
• they have not graduated primary education by the age of 14.

For the Second Chance – lower secondary education program:

• they have completed compulsory primary education (including in the Second Chance system) but did not continue their education further

or:

• they have completed part of the grades corresponding to lower secondary education (V, VI or VII), but abandoned school during this cycle of education – regardless of the moment and reasons for abandonment.

The Second Chance program is a flexible program, so as to motivate learners and determine them to complete it, to offer more autonomy to schools regarding its implementation, but also the necessary support to all those involved, through teacher training programs and educational materials for students and teachers. Through the program, innovative elements were introduced in the educational process, such as: modular curriculum and credit system for basic education, evaluation, certification and recognition of competencies previously acquired by learners, ensuring an individualized training program.

Enrollment in the Second Chance program can be done each year in two sessions: October and February.

Students enrolled in the program can have very different levels and expectations. The new program ensures a transparent offer of modules that students can follow in order to form skills, as a result of participating in learning activities through cooperation, in real contexts and with tasks and assignments that meet their interests and needs.

Learning will take place in small groups (8-15 students in each class). Courses can be conducted according to several schedule options (during the week in the afternoon or evening, Saturday or during school holidays, etc.) depending on the possibilities of learners and teachers. Individual consultation hours are planned for the students.

The program has a flexible duration. The average schooling duration (2 years for primary education, and 4 years for lower secondary education) can be reduced for each student individually, depending on proven competencies, both in the field of basic education and professional training.

Graduates have the right to continue their studies, according to legal provisions, as follows:

Graduates of the Second Chance Program - primary education can continue their studies in lower secondary education;

Graduates of the Second Chance Program - lower secondary education can continue their studies in upper secondary education (upper cycle of high school) or can participate in practical training stages, after which they have the possibility to obtain a Level 3 Professional Qualification Certificate.

For young people in the program, the graduation certificate will not represent just a personal success, but the chance of another tomorrow.

This methodology includes rules for organizing and conducting the certification exam for graduates of high school education, technological track, hereinafter referred to as the certification exam, for obtaining the qualification certificate, in accordance with art. 31 para. (6) and art. 77 para. (6) and (7) of the National Education Law no. 1/2011, as subsequently amended and supplemented.

Graduates of high school education, technological track, who take and pass the certification exam obtain the level 4 qualification certificate, according to the National Qualifications Framework, and the descriptive supplement of the certificate, in Europass format.

The Ministry of National Education informs that, in order to include children aged between 3 and 6 years in preschool education, the following steps will take place, successively, in each educational unit:

• re-enrollment of children attending kindergarten this school year who wish to attend in the 2018-2019 school year as well - will begin on May 7;
• enrollment of new children will take place starting May 21.

The schedule for re-enrollments and enrollments will be set by the management of the educational unit and will be posted, in a visible place, in each kindergarten for the information of parents and interested public, including on its website (if available), and possibly on the websites of the school inspectorates.

Filling the available seats, after the completion of the re-enrollment process, will generally be done in descending order of age groups, as follows: upper group (5-year-old children), middle group (4-year-old children), and lower group (3-year-old children). Based on Government Decision no. 1.252/2012 and within the available places, children aged between 2 and 3 years may also be enrolled in the lower group.

If, in an educational unit, the number of enrollment applications exceeds the number of available seats, general separation criteria and specific separation criteria will be applied successively.

The general separation criteria are as follows:

• the existence of a document proving that a child is orphaned by both parents (the situation of a child coming from an orphanage/a placement center/foster care is assimilated to the situation of a child orphaned by both parents);
• the existence of a document proving that the child is orphaned by one parent;
• the existence of a brother/sister enrolled in the respective educational unit;
• the existence of a medical certificate attesting the degree of disability of the child.

The specific separation criteria (drawn up by each preschool educational unit, approved by its Board of Administration and endorsed by the County/Bucharest School Inspectorate by May 18) cannot be discriminatory and cannot include pre-enrollment lists. Also, the specific separation criteria will only be applied after the general criteria have been exhausted.

To ensure the transparency of the re-enrollment/enrollment process, the managements of the preschool educational units will visibly display, for all interested, the following information:

• the institution's capacity (number of children for which it was designed);
• number of places approved by the schooling plan for the 2018-2019 school year (by age groups: lower, middle, upper);
• general and specific criteria for children's enrollment;
• number of children re-enrolled/enrolled daily (during the established period) out of the total available.

We mention that private preschool educational units are also obliged to display in a visible place information regarding their status, namely if they are authorized to operate provisionally or are accredited by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Pre-university Education (ARACIP).

The admission of 8th grade graduates to state high school education for the 2018-2019 school year is carried out according to the regulatory framework approved by the Ministry of Education.

The admission of 8th grade graduates to state high school education for the 2018-2019 school year is carried out in accordance with the methodology for organizing and conducting admission to state high school education for the 2011-2012 school year, approved by the order of the Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sports no. 4.802/2010 regarding the organization and conduct of admission to state high school education for the 2011-2012 school year.

The aptitude tests organized for admission in the 2018-2019 school year to vocational high schools are held in accordance with the methodology for organizing and conducting, and the structure of aptitude tests for admission to vocational high schools, provided in annex no. 3 to the order of the Minister of National Education no. 4.432/2014, with subsequent amendments.

The admission of 8th grade graduates to state vocational education for the 2018-2019 school year is carried out in accordance with the Methodology for organizing and conducting admission to state vocational education, approved by the Order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research no. 5.068/2016.

The admission of 8th grade graduates to dual vocational education for the 2018-2019 school year is carried out in accordance with the framework methodology for organizing and conducting admission to dual vocational education for level 3 professional qualifications, according to the National Qualifications Framework, approved by the order of the Minister of National Education no. 3.556/2017.

Candidates who pass, during lower secondary education, examinations with international recognition for the certification of language skills in foreign languages, may request the recognition and equivalence of the results obtained in these exams with the modern language proficiency test for admission to 9th grade with a bilingual teaching program of a modern international language.

The 2018 National Baccalaureate Exam is conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Methodology for organizing and conducting the Baccalaureate exam - 2011 (approved by the order of the Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sports no. 4.799/2010 regarding the organization and conduct of the Baccalaureate exam - 2011, with subsequent amendments), and with the attached ministerial order.

The dedicated portal http://bacalaureat.edu.ro offers updated information regarding the methodology, schedule, and results of the Baccalaureate exam.

The National Assessment for 8th grade students represents the method of external summative evaluation of the competencies acquired during middle school education.

The exam takes place annually, in a single session. Both candidates from public education and those from private education have the right to take the NA free of charge.

The average obtained at NA VIII is a decisive criterion for admission to high school education.

The national coordination of the design, organization, and conduct of NA VIII, as well as the use of its results, is ensured by the Ministry of Education through the National Center for Assessment and Examination (CNEE).

The development of specific evaluation procedures is carried out by CNEE, following consultation with the ministry's specialized departments.

Coordination at the county/Bucharest municipality level of the organization of NA VIII, as well as the use of its results, is ensured by the school inspectorate.

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In order to stimulate school attendance, in 2002 the School Supplies Program was launched, which addresses students in public primary and lower secondary education, day courses. At the beginning of each school year, packages with school supplies specific to each class are distributed.

The composition of the school supplies packages that are given to students is established based on the Methodology for applying the provisions of Law no. 126/2002 for the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 33/2001 regarding the granting of school supplies.

The funding request submitted by the Ministry of National Education, at the beginning of September 2017, through the Operational Program for Aid to Disadvantaged Persons (POAD) 2014-2020 was approved. The decision allows, starting with up this school year, the purchase of supplies for preschoolers, as well as the supplementation with coffee packs of the supplies packages provided to students in primary and lower secondary cycles.

This procedure regulates the manner of organization and conduct of the linguistic competence test for admission to grade V with an intensive program of teaching an internationally circulating modern language, at the level of public or private pre-university educational institutions in Romania, based on the provisions of Art. 6 (2) and (3) from the Framework Regulation for the organization and functioning of classes with intensive or bilingual teaching of a modern language in pre-university educational institutions, approved by OMEN no. 4797/31.08.2017.

The "School after school" program (ȘDȘ) is a complementary program to the mandatory school curriculum, which offers opportunities for formal and non-formal learning, for consolidating competencies, remedial learning, and accelerating learning through educational, recreational, and leisure activities, and is addressed to both primary and secondary school students.

The SDS program can take place before or after the mandatory school program (depending on the timetable of each level of study), at the school, if it has the necessary material and human resources to organize this program.

In primary education, the SDS program includes activities with specialized support (monitoring and guidance in doing homework, recovery for students with cognitive and emotional difficulties, language disorders through remedial activities, counseling, speech therapy, activities to encourage independent reading, etc.), workshops/thematic activities, and other recreational activities.

Each school, depending on the target group, sets up modules of activity packages by combining the activities mentioned above.

In secondary education, the SDS program includes the package of activities for learning acceleration and performance (preparation for participation in competitions and school olympiads, sports, arts, and subject-based contests, participation/organization of festivals, exhibitions, creation of school publications, participation in European cooperation activities), the support activity package (providing psycho-pedagogical assistance for recovery of learning gaps, support activities for homework, remedial activities, psychological counseling), and the life preparation package (organizing personal development activities, activities that target the development of an active attitude and student involvement, healthy lifestyle, career education, etc.).

The program can be organized in modules, on time units established at the level of the educational institution depending on the target group and identified needs, by combining packages of activities oriented towards the development of transferable skills.

The program runs in groups of students (maximum 12 students), formed according to identified options and needs. The activities are designed, organized, and supported by teachers from primary and secondary education, counselors, support teachers, librarians, speech therapists, lab technicians, pedagogues, coaches, school mediators, volunteers from the school, and from authorized partner institutions and organizations.

The admission of 8th-grade graduates to public high school education for the 2018-2019 school year takes place according to the regulatory framework approved by the Ministry of Education.

The admission of 8th-grade graduates to public high school education for the 2018-2019 school year is carried out in accordance with the methodology for organizing and conducting admission to public high school education for the 2011-2012 school year, approved by the Order of the Minister of Education, Research, Youth, and Sports no. 4.802/2010 regarding the organization and conduct of admission to public high school education for the 2011-2012 school year.

Aptitude tests organized for admission in the 2018-2019 school year to vocational high schools are carried out in accordance with the methodology for organizing and conducting and the structure of aptitude tests for admission to vocational high schools, provided in annex no. 3 to the order of the Minister of National Education no. 4.432/2014, with subsequent amendments.

Candidates who, during middle school education, pass internationally recognized exams for certification of linguistic competences in foreign languages may request the recognition and equivalency of the results obtained in these exams with the modern language proficiency test for admission to 9th-grade classes with bilingual teaching programs in a modern language of international circulation.

Post-secondary education is organized for professional qualifications established by the Ministry of National Education in accordance with the National Qualifications Register.

High school graduates with or without a baccalaureate diploma can enroll in post-secondary education, admission being carried out in accordance with the general criteria established by the Ministry of National Education.

Post-secondary education is carried out through post-secondary schools and foremen schools. Both the post-secondary school and the foremen school represent specialized training routes, with a duration of 1-3 years, depending on the complexity of the qualification.

Graduates of post-secondary education who pass the professional qualification certification exam acquire a level 5 qualification certificate according to the National Qualifications Framework, corresponding to reference level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework (specialist technician) and the descriptive supplement to the certificate, according to Europass.

Post-secondary education is organized in post-secondary schools, within high schools with legal personality, or in colleges within accredited higher education institutions.

Schooling in state post-secondary education is financed through the local budgets of administrative-territorial units, from the amounts broken down from the revenues of the state budget and from the revenues of local budgets. Schooling can also be financed by applicants, natural or legal persons, through a contract concluded with the educational institution providing the schooling.

Credits for education and professional training obtained in post-secondary education can be recognized for graduates with a baccalaureate diploma by universities, based on the decisions of the university senate, as transferable study credit units for the bachelor's level.

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Teaching and Research Titles

Employment in a teaching or research position within higher education institutions is made for a fixed or indefinite period. Employment with an indefinite period in any teaching or research position is possible only through a public competition, organized by the higher education institution, after obtaining the PhD degree. See also HG_457_2011 (annex 8).

Only persons who meet the minimum and mandatory standards for registration in the competition for occupying teaching and research positions in higher education, approved by Order no. 6560/2012 regarding the approval of minimum necessary and mandatory standards for granting teaching titles in higher education and professional research-development grades, with subsequent amendments and completions (annex 9), can apply for teaching and research positions in higher education.

The following teaching and research positions are found within higher education institutions:

- teaching positions:

a) university assistant;

b) university lecturer/lab chief;

c) associate professor;

d) university professor.

- research positions:

a) research assistant;

b) scientific researcher;

c) scientific researcher grade III;

d) scientific researcher grade II;

e) scientific researcher grade I.

The equivalence of research positions with teaching positions is as follows:

a) scientific researcher is equivalent to university assistant, for persons holding a doctoral degree;

b) scientific researcher grade III is equivalent to university lecturer/lab chief;

c) scientific researcher grade II is equivalent to associate professor;

d) scientific researcher grade I is equivalent to university professor.

The general nomenclature of auxiliary teaching and research positions in higher education is approved by the Joint Order (MENCS/MMFPSPV) no. 6419/2858/2011 (annex 10).

The higher education institutions with available positions can be found here: www.jobs.edu.ro

I. PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

The methodology for the schooling of Romanians everywhere in the state pre-university education system of Romania on places of study without tuition fees, but with a scholarship, respectively without tuition fees, but without a scholarship starting with the 2017-2018 school year

1. Enrollment form pre-univ ed 2018-2019​

2. Offer of places in pre-university education 2018-2019

Both the enrollment form and the offer of places in pre-university education will also be published on the website of the Iași County School Inspectorate: http://www.isjiasi.ro

3. The files will be sent to the Iași County School Inspectorate, according to the calendar;

4. Additional information can be obtained from the Iași County School Inspectorate.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION:​

1. In the academic year 2018 - 2019, state higher education institutions in Romania organize the admission competition for Romanians everywhere, including citizens of the Republic of Moldova, for undergraduate/master/doctorate studies, based on university autonomy, similar to the previous year, according to the provisions of the schooling methodology in higher education;

2. Candidates will be able to choose any field of study and any state higher education institution in Romania or, in the case of candidates from the Republic of Moldova, within the extensions opened by Romanian universities in Chișinău, Cahul and Bălți;

3. To ensure compliance with the submission deadline set by the higher education institutions, we recommend exclusively sending the application files to the universities, to avoid delays in their processing, in case they are sent via other channels;

4. Enrollment in accredited state and private higher education in Romania, on fee-paying places in lei, is done based on the provisions of MEN order no. 4294/29.06.2017;

5. Additional information regarding university admission in Romania can be obtained by accessing the links of each higher education institution in the informative document attached to this procedure.

• fields of bachelor's degree studies and accredited or provisionally authorized specializations/programs,
• geographical locations,
• the number of transferable study credits for each university study program,
• form of education and language of instruction,
• the maximum number of students who can be enrolled

1. Enrollment in Pre-university Education

1.1. Admission Conditions

1.1.1. Students from non-EU states can be enrolled in pre-university education in Romania if one of the parents, guardians or legal supporters meets one of the following situations:

is repatriated;
has, through marriage, domicile in Romania;
holds a residence permit in Romania;
carries out, according to legal provisions, activities on Romanian territory;
is studying in accredited state/private university or post-university education in Romania.

1.2. Application File

1.2.1. The student's file is sent to MEN – General Directorate for International Relations and European Affairs (DGRIAE), by the County School Inspectorate/Municipal School Inspectorate Bucharest in whose area the educational unit for which the option is made operates and contains the following documents:

Copies of identification pipeline of the student and of the parents/guardian/legal supporter (student's birth certificate, student’s passport, parents’ passport, student’s residence permit, parents’ residence permit, if available);
Copy and certified translation of the student's birth certificate;
Copy of the court decision regarding the entrusting of the minor child, if applicable;
Copies and certified translations of school reports;
Application for enrollment in studies, endorsed by the management of the educational unit where the enrollment will be made.

1.3. Enrollment in wider studies

1.3.1. Enrollment is carried out through approval issued by MEN – DGRIAE, based on the study documents from the personal file, without differential exams.

1.3.2. Enrollment of students from non-EU states, based on study periods completed abroad, proven by school reports, can also be carried out during the school year, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the organization and functioning of pre-university education units, approved by the Order of the Minister of National Education no. 5115/2014

1.3.3. At the request of parents/guardian, the student's enrollment may also be done in a class lower than the study level resulting from the documents.

1.4. Tuition Fees

1.4.1. In compulsory education, foreign students benefit from education under the same conditions as Romanian citizens.

1.4.2. In upper secondary high school education, students from non-EU states pay tuition fees, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 1/2011.

1.4.3. In pre-university education of all levels, foreign citizens who have obtained a form of protection in Romania may be enrolled under the same conditions as Romanian citizens. The class in which students in this category, who do not have study documents, can be enrolled will be established following the evaluation carried out by the school unit designated by the County School Inspectorate/Municipal School Inspectorate Bucharest.

2. Taking the Baccalaureate Exam by citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and are not holders of a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent

2.1. Citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and are not holders of a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent may, upon request, take the national baccalaureate exam, depending on the profile of the completed pre-university studies, in an exam center established by the County Baccalaureate Commission / Bucharest Municipality.

2.2. Taking the national baccalaureate exam by citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and are not holders of a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent is conditioned by the payment of the tuition fee, according to the provisions of Law no. 1/2011.

Special and integrated special education is an integral part of the Romanian national education system and offers all children/pupils/young people educational programs adapted to the degree of disability and their development needs.

It is organized at all levels of pre-university education, depending on the type and degree of disability, as follows: mental, hearing, visual, locomotor, associated.

Inclusive education was adopted in Romania as early as the 1990s by respecting diversity, initiating and practically realizing access and participation in education and social life for all categories of children. Today, approximately half of students with disabilities are educated in mainstream education.

The legislation in the field of special education was conceived so as to respond to a wide and very varied range of special situations. Taking this reality into account, special, integrated special and inclusive education has been organized at all levels of pre-university education, depending on the type and degree of disability.

Special educational units for students with sensory impairments apply the mainstream school curriculum. These units retain only the structure and organizational form according to the special education system, and in content, school training and specialization are similar to mainstream schools. Special technological high schools, special high school classes, and special post-secondary classes are organized following the mainstream school model (content, profiles, specializations, outcomes, objectives and/or competencies). What remains specific to these units are the strategies, means and methods of teaching/learning.

Upon graduation, students of these special educational units take national exams (tests, baccalaureate or graduation exam) just like all graduates from mainstream education. For them, there are provided facilities and adaptations in the methodologies for organizing and conducting exams.

For each student with severe, profound or associated disabilities, a personalized intervention plan is developed with specific objectives to their psycho-individual development needs and possibilities.

Students with special educational needs benefit from adaptations in examination procedures even in current assessments.

Enrollment in primary education is done based on a methodology approved by the Ministry of Education.

Thus, children who turn 6 years old by August 31, 2018, inclusive, must be enrolled in the preparatory class, in accordance with the Education Law.

Parents must go to school inspectorates and educational institutions, as they have the obligation to ensure information and counseling regarding enrollment.

Lists with school districts must be displayed at the headquarters of the inspectorates and educational institutions, and parents must be informed about the content of educational activities carried out in the preparatory class, the educational approach, the organization of the school schedule, etc.

Children who turn 6 years old between September 1 - December 31, 2018, inclusive, can be enrolled if their psychosomatic development is adequate.

All educational institutions have the obligation to provide information regarding the procedure for enrolling children in primary education regardless of whether parents belong to the respective school district or not.