Romania's educational system requires initial teacher training of 3-2 years for secondary education and 3 years for preschool and primary levels. Teachers must complete professional development including job confirmation, didactic grades, and accredited courses every 5 years. The national curriculum consists of 7 areas including a core curriculum and differentiated curriculum for grades 9-10 and 11-12. Class sizes range from 15 to 30 students. The school year is 35-37 weeks from September to June with national exams at various grade levels and a graduation exam at the end of grade 12. Legal provisions establish education as a right and rule frameworks for schools while allowing some flexibility.

2. ROMANIA

3. STRUCTURE OF THE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

4. TEACHERS
Initial training:
Higher education for secondary education (3+2)
Higher education for pre-school and primary
level(3)
Professional development:
On the job confirmation (definitivat)
Didactic grade II
Didactic grade I
Accredited courses in teaching
methodology,class management and ITC(90
profesional credits at every five years)

5. CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
• National Curriculum
- Seven Curricular Areas:
- Core Curriculum (75%)
-Differentiated Curriculum – grades 9 -10(compulsory
education) and grades 11-12(lyceum upper cycle)
- Curriculum at school decision
• School Educational Offer
-School-based Curriculum
- Extracurricular activities
- Special Needs for students with deficiencies or high
performance capacity
• LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
• MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE
• PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
• ARTS
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• TECHNOLOGIES
• COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE

6. CLASS SIZE, SCHOOL YEAR &
TIMETABLE
• Class size - depends on the educational level:
• 15  20  25 … 30
• School year:
• 35 to 37 weeks, divided into two semesters: September to
February, February to June
• starting date: September 15th
• ending date: June 20th
• Holidays:
•two weeks for Christmas
•Two weeks for Easter
•One week between the two semesters
•National holidays
•Summer holiday ( 12 weeks )

7. Timetable:
•50-minute classes / 10-minute breaks
•Morning or afternoon classes
Grading system:
•grades from 1 to 10
•initial and final evaluations every year
•continuous assessment
•term evaluations in the subjects specific to the
chosen profile

8. EXAMINATIONS
 Initial testing at the beginning of the school year
 Final testing at the end of the school year
 National assesment in Romanian, Science and a
foreign language every 2 years ( end of grades
2,4,6 )
 National exams at the end of lower secondary
school
 Graduation exam ( Baccalaureate ) end of grade
12

9. LEGAL PROVISIONS
• The right to education is granted by the Constitution
• There is a National set of rules for all educational
institutions
• Each school can establish its own set of rules while
complying with the National ones
• Cheating and playing truant are severely punished
• There is now debate over an improved set of rules
which aims at the more active involvement of
parents and students in education

10. Conţinutul acestui material reprezinta responsabilitatea
exclusiva a autorului și nu reprezinta în mod obligatoriu
poziţia oficială a Comisiei Europene sau a ANPCDEFP
Burnei Daniela
Colegiul National Ionita Asan, Caracal