In order to stimulate school attendance, in 2002 the School Supplies Program was launched, targeting students in state primary and secondary education, full-time courses. At the beginning of each school year, packages with school supplies specific to each grade are distributed.

The composition of the school supply packages granted to students is established based on the Methodology for the application of the provisions of Law no. 126/2002 for the approval of 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 Assistance to Disadvantaged Persons (POAD) 2014-2020, was approved. The decision allows, starting with this school year, the acquisition of supplies for preschoolers, as well as the addition of backpacks to the supply packages granted to students in the primary and secondary cycles.