Waiting for the final form of the law that seals austerity, education unions already announce chaos in the pre -university system. On the social networks there is talk of resignations in the block, and the candidates from the title 2025 are wondering for what is presented for the exam.
Teachers say they will start the school year in the street, protesting photo: Nquam Photos/Octav Ganea
“The measures aimed at pre -university education will lead to a generalized chaos”, It warns the Federation of Free Education Unions (FSLI) and the Federation of Education Unions “Spiru Haret”, through a statement launched a short time ago.
The expected measures will affect not only the employees of the pre -university education, but also hundreds of thousands of children, say the trade unionists, calling “chaotic ” the measures adopted in order to reduce the budget deficit and accusing that they were established without consulting the unions.
“We were told not to take ourselves after rumors. Behold, the rumors became a reality.”
“The effects of these measures are more serious than those taken during the Basescu-Bescu-Boc Tandem period is that these measures were taken behind the closed doors, and when certain information appeared and we asked for explanations-both to the President of Romania and to the Minister of Education-we were told “not to take rumors”. Here, the “rumors” have become a reality. And the discussions with the leaders of the parties who support the current government and the prime minister, Ilie Bolojan, have had no result, the arguments brought by us being ignored ”support the representatives of the unions.
Some of the measures will have effects “extremely serious ”, And from afar, adds the unionists, “The most irresponsible measure” It is to increase the teaching norm of teaching by 2 hours, and for teachers with the first degree and a 25 -year -old, with 4 hours.
“Unfortunately, the Minister of Education fell into the trap of some officials who presented him some simplistic mathematical calculations, assuring him-probably-that the norm of teaching can be increased without any problem, given that there are over 30,000 posts by time. Mathematical calculation has no connection with reality. It was correct if, before proposing this cynical measure, a study was done to see the real situation ”, I say the two unions.
The argument does not stand that the norm of teaching at the gymnasium and high school in Romania is the smallest in the European Union, and even more, the unions say that the statement is false, from their data the norm of teaching at the gymnasium and high school in Romania being above the average of the European Union.
The modification of the norm at this time of year, when the staff movement has already ended, will lead to the entire system, the teachers also report.
“Making a new staff move now means to completely upset pre -university education. It is obvious that there will be many titular teachers who cannot provide the 20 hours of teaching in the units where they are now, most of them having the norm already in two or three schools. Under these conditions, the number of naves will increase ”, warns the two unions.
The teachers are revolted by the statement of the Minister of Education that “If you want to be a holder of the system, then you can only stay very tied to a school. ” “In other words, if you cannot complete the norm in the school where you are, then the school inspectorate can give you 2 hours at a school from 40-50 km. Is this reform and efficiency in the education system? What will happen in isolated schools, where it will be impossible to provide 20 hours and no alternatives to complement in another school. Will the employees have low salaries? ”, asks the teachers.
“What will the Ministry of Education do over a year or two?”
What now seems like a measure that can bring savings to the budget could cost much more than the chaos created, teachers are afraid. They say that the measures adopted hit in the very future of the Romanian school, because the first ones they give up are the supplemers who support the contest year, many of them get high grades, but cannot be titled because there have been no viability chairs for at least 4 years.
“The qualified substitute teachers, like the titular, have chosen to prepare for a teaching career, and now, when these measures will be taken and maybe some of them will lose their jobs, they will migrate to other fields. We ask what the Ministry of Education will do over a year or two, when it will need a new wave of teachers. Auxiliary and administrative. Many pure accounting measures in an office ”, I attract the attention of the teachers.
From the calculations of the two unions, the increase of the number of students to 500 will lead to the combination of approximately 700 schools, which comes with the abolition of a considerable number of positions, with availability, with forced movements and which leads to the establishment of a special professional uncertainty for thousands of people. “From our information, structures of units with legal personality in the rural area are to be combined. They have the Ministry of Education and the Government the guarantee that those students, who will go under appreciable distances, will be provided with means of transport? Or the principle is applied as much as can? Or will not care that other children will drop out of school.? ”, Raises teachers and other problems.
The unions demand the impact study before they actually go to the application of the measures adopted.
“We make a public appeal to the Ministry of Education and Research to support education and not take measures that will irreparably affect it! Otherwise, the justified dissatisfaction of the employees in education will soon turn into anger and revolt and should not be surprised that he will request the resignation of the minister right in front of the MEC headquarters ”, It is also mentioned in the message of the two unions.
“It will be hard. Everyone is worried.”
In schools the atmosphere is uncertain. Especially in small schools the directors wonder where they will get hours to give their colleagues to complete their chair at 20 hours. “I will give the teachers in completion and hours as unskilled, sports, music, drawing. Another need will appear in the directors, because there are 14 hours now (n. Red. – it is discussed that the chair obligation will increase from 6-9 hours, as far as it is now, at 14 hours), it is almost a norm. It will be hard, everyone is worried ”says a director of a small school, from the rural area, in the discussion with the reporter “Adevărul”. From this school, a few hours had been announced for the title contest. As until the actual contest there are several days, and until the communication of the other results, the directors are expected to walk at these hours/chairs/chair fragments. “Probably for this reason the discussions have been launched, because in the big schools the classification is already restored, although the law has not appeared in the Official Gazette ”, says the director.
There is also the perspective of schooling of schools, because beyond the disappearance of certain director positions, the problem of effective administration of schools is raised. “Let us think that a high school, or a high school, with a kindergarten with a prolonged program, will be combined. The specific is different, it will not be the same”, The director also draws attention.
The supplemers who have so little until the exam, and who knew that they cannot be based on too many titular chairs, instead they already had a plan regarding the chairs taken to supplement, are now the most worried. They know that they have been the umbrella of the system for so many years and that they will now be the first sacrifices.
“Honestly, I think about whether to introduce myself. I mean, for what to take the exam, because the list of vacancies will definitely be modified. Even if it is not legal and I think the ministry will be chosen with many processes.” declares a substitute. Others, who have seen beyond the official lists announcing the vacancies, are apparently quieter. “Hours and posts will also be supplemented, because everything has never been announced. They kept them for various arrangements and they will probably use them now. But probably for certain disciplines will be a problem. So, yes, I present myself.”is another opinion.
“There are deficient disciplines for which he turned to pensioners. Do I come now?”
And the modification of the payment of the hours “at the time of the hour” gives birth to dissatisfaction and, I say more and more voices, will lead to imbalances in the system.
“There are disciplines in the field of science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, plus techniques, engineers, where we have no human resource. And he has appealed to the retirees in recent years. Well, anyone thinks that the pensioners will come to teach, being remunerated with 63% less? ”there is already another problem.
During this time, on the socializing groups of the teachers there have been many opinions that harshly criticizes the measures, but especially the attitude of the Minister of Education, which he accuses of not knowing the specificity of the pre-university education and does not value his colleagues who, more and more, threatens with the exit.
