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 opportunity to continue and complete compulsory education without having to interrupt their possible professional or family activities in which they are involved.

The program is structured on two levels: Second Chance – primary education and Second Chance – lower secondary education – the latter also having a vocational 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 appropriate age for their class and are in the following situations:

For the Second Chance – primary education program:

• have not participated at all in formal – school – education;
• were enrolled, but dropped out of primary education – regardless of the timing and reasons for dropping out;
• have not graduated, by the age of 14, from primary education.

For the Second Chance – lower secondary education program:

• have graduated from compulsory primary education (including in the Second Chance system) but have not continued their education further

or:

• have completed part of the classes corresponding to lower secondary education (V, VI or VII), but dropped out during this cycle of education – regardless of the timing and reasons for dropping out.

The Second Chance Program is a flexible program, in order to motivate students and encourage them to complete it, to offer more autonomy to schools in implementing it, as well as the necessary support to all those involved, through training programs for teaching staff and educational materials for both learners and teachers. Through this program, innovative elements have been introduced into the educational process, such as: the modular curriculum and the credit system for basic education, the evaluation, certification and recognition of previously acquired competences by learners, ensuring an individualized training program.

Enrollment in the Second Chance program can be done, every 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 develop competences, as a result of participating in cooperative learning activities, in real contexts, with tasks and topics that meet their interests and needs.

Learning will take place in small groups (8-15 students in each class). Courses can be held according to several schedule options (in the afternoons or evenings during the week, on Saturdays, or during school holidays, etc.) depending on the possibilities of the learners and the teaching staff. Individual consultation hours are planned at the disposal of the students.

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

Graduates have the right to continue their studies, according to the provisions of the law, 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 attend vocational training internships, after which they have the opportunity to also obtain a level 3 vocational qualification certificate.

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