1. ROMANIAN EDUCATION
SYSTEM

3. Age Grade Educational Levels
Post-graduate education Higher education and post-graduate
Higher Education education
> 19
Post-secondary
Post-high school (tertiary education)
non-tertiary education
18 XIII High school
17 XII Upper Cycle Upper secondary education
High school
16 XI Upper Cycle Completion Year
15 X High school Arts and Trades
14 IX Lower Cycle School
13 VIII
Lower secondary education
12 VII First cycle of lower secondary
11 VI (gimnaziu)
10 V
9 IV
8 III
Primary Education Primary education
7 II
6 I
5 Preparatory
4 Middle Pre-primary Education Pre-school education
3 Beginner

4.  National Curriculum • LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
• MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
- Seven Curricular Areas:
• PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
• ARTS
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• TECHNOLOGIES
• COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE
- Core Curriculum (75%)
- School-based Curriculum (electives)
 School Educational Offer
- Extracurricular activities
- special educational programs for students

5.  Class size - depends on the educational level:
• 15  20  25 … 30
 School year:
• 34 to 36 weeks
• starting date: September 15th
• ending date: June 15th
 Timetable:
• 50-minute classes / 10-minute breaks
• Morning or afternoon classes

6. • Equal and improved access to education
• High educational standards and training for a
knowledge-based society
• Decentralizing of the education system
• Turning education into a basic tool in the
modernisation process of Romania
• Envisaging the investment in human resources as the
most profitable long-term investment
• Improvement of rural education
• Combining excellence and general education in an
efficient way
• IT contribution to education
• Enhancing the European dimension of education
• Lifelong learning education

7.  To monitor the organization and operation of the pre-
university education network and to inspect schools;
 To ensure compliance with the law in the organization,
management and provision of education;
 To set up public education units – kindergartens, primary
schools, gymnasiums and art and trades schools;
 To propose to the Ministry of Education the local school
network under their jurisdiction and the students’
enrolment plan;

8. 2. To support schools and teaching staff to
improve education & training activities
4. To support evaluation of the quality of the
educational offer and the school performances
of the students – at local, county and national
level – by providing accurate information to
the decision makers through the inspections
reports

9. 2. The school performances of the students
according to the national educational standards;
3. The school’s methods to encourage and support
students’ personal development;
4. The quality of the teaching;
5. The quality of the management and the efficiency
in using the resources;

10. 1. The quality of the curriculum, the quality of
the extra-curricular activities and the ability
of the school to implement the national
curriculum;
2. School-parents relationship;
3. School-local community relationship;
4. Compliance with the in-force legislation,
procedures, rules and regulations;
5. Students’ attitudes towards the education
offered by the school.

11. Administration Director
Teachers’ council
council
Heads of Heads of
departments commissions
Chief accountant Chief secretary
Librarian Teachers’ assistants
Deputy director Counsellor
School Educational
administration projects and
ICT development programmes
School Students tutors
administrator Projects
Administrative staff coordinators
Teachers

12.  Quality control – School Inspectorates
 Quality assurance – CEAC
 School evaluation – ARACIP

13.  Ensuring access to and improving quality of education for
everyone
 Curriculum based on key competences
 Rural area
 Disadvantaged groups (Rroma minority and SNS)
 Developing human resources for the knowledge society
 The eLearning initiative
 Reform of compulsory education
 Development the lifelong learning system according to the
EU standards