The County School Inspectorate of Brasov lies in central Romania and covers an area of over 5,000 square kilometers. It has a population of over 500,000 people distributed across 9 towns and 48 communes. The County School Inspectorate is subordinated to the Ministry of National Education and oversees the educational system in Brasov County. It ensures compliance with education laws and policies and evaluates schools. The Inspectorate is composed of departments focused on curriculum, inspections, human resources, training, special needs education, and international programs. The Inspectorate monitors schools, assesses teaching quality and student performance. It focuses on specific aspects of schools or entire school activities through inspections planned with

1. COUNTY SCHOOL INSPECTORATE
BRASOV
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2. Coming from Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, at 176 km north,
lies the municipality of Brasov, the seat of the county with the same
name, first certified by documents in 1234.
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The county of Brasov, lying in the central part of Romania, within the
Carpathian arc, covers a surface of 5,351 sq. km, that is 3.2% of the whole
surface of Romania, boasting a most varied relief, from plains to the
highest mountain peak in the country (2,543 m).
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3. The population counts over 500,000 inhabitants, 2.8 % of Romania’s
population. It features 9 towns, the municipality of Brasov, with over
300,000 inhabitants, being its capital; there are 48 communes,
including 150 villages.
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4. The national legal frame for
education
The Education
Law (2011)
Establishes the organization and
functioning of the national system of
education:
-The structure of the national system of
education, the duration of compulsory
education
-The institutional frame able to ensure the
management and education
-The general terms and conditions for
teachers’ employment
-The functions, the competences, the
responsibilities, the rights and the
obligations of the teachers staff and
managers
-The in-training services for teachers
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5. Structure
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
COUNTY SCHOOL
COUNTY SCHOOL
INSPECTORATE
INSPECTORATE
SUBORDINATE INSTITUTIONS
SUBORDINATE INSTITUTIONS
•TEACHING STAFF CENTRE-1
•TEACHING STAFF CENTRE-1
•COUNTY CENTRE FOR
•COUNTY CENTRE FOR
RESOURCES AND
RESOURCES AND
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTENCE-1
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTENCE-1
Establishes the national
educational policy, ensures
the elaboration and
implementation of the legal
frame
Ensures the observance of
legislation and evaluation of the
educational system and process, as
well as implementation of the
educational policy at the local level
EXTTRACURRICULAR
EXTTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
•SPORT CLUBS-7
•SPORT CLUBS-7
•CHILDREN’S CLUBS -7
•CHILDREN’S CLUBS -7
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS
•KINDERGARDENS -226
•KINDERGARDENS -226
•GYMNASIUMS -148
•GYMNASIUMS -148
•HIGH SCHOOLS-43
•HIGH SCHOOLS-43
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6. COUNTY SCHOOL
INSPECTORATE
• The County School Inspectorate is an institutional
structure, subordinated to the Ministry of National
Education.
• It has an administration council and an advisory
board.
• The administration council is made up of the
general inspector , 2 deputies, 5 inspectors, the
head of the Teaching Staff Centre, the chief
accountant and the legal counselor.
• The advisory board is made up of heads of
education units, other prominent teachers,
representatives of pupils, parents, representatives
of the local public administration, social partners.
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7. The County School Inspectorate
Structure
General Inspector
Headmaster of
Teaching Staff
Centre
Financial
Department
Law
Department
ICT
Department
Investments
and
acquisitions
Maintenance
Department
Administration
Council
Deputy General
Inspector
Curriculum and
inspection
The management of
human resources
In-service training and
professional
development
Education for children
with special needs
Minorities
Deputy General
Inspector
Institutional
management,
development
evaluation
International
programmes and
cooperation
Extracurricular activities
National programmes
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8. FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL
INSPECTORATES
• To monitor the organization and functioning of the preuniversity education network and to inspect schools
• To ensure compliance with the law in the organization
management
• To propose the local school network and the students’
enrolment plan to the Ministry of National Education.
• To ensure, jointly with the local public administration,
school attendance for the duration of compulsory
education
• To ensure that schools are adequately staffed with
teachers in accordance with the law.
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9. FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL
INSPECTORATES
• To guide the teaching staff’s in-service training
and professional development, research work and
other complementary activities
• To ensure, jointly with the local public administration,
the educational conditions as well as the
development of the material resources in schools
• To coordinate admission competitions and
graduation exams
• To monitor all pre-university educational activities
and services provided by economic agents,
foundations and associations
• To coordinate and monitor the activity of the
Teaching Staff Centre
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10. School inspection
Observes, assesses and evaluates
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School management
Teachers’ activity
Students’ performance
Extracurricular and extra-school
activities
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11. School inspection
Focuses on:
• One or several aspects of school life (e.g. extraclass education, school-parents partnership,
standards for national exams, school
management, etc)
• Entire school activity
Who plans inspection:
• General inspector + Administrative board
(according to the institution educational strategy
and the ministry policy)
• Subject inspectors
• Ministry of education
• The Romanian Agency for Quality Education
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12. Schools in Braşov County
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13. Schools in Braşov County
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14. Schools in Braşov County
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15. Schools in Braşov County
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16. Thank you
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