Professor Mircea Miclea, former Minister of Education, argues that the measures that the Bolojan government took on education “are wrong”, being “against any scientific data”.
Mircea Miclea, former Minister of Photo Education: Archive
Professor at the Department of Psychology of the “Babeş-Bolyai” University and founder of the Cognitrom Research-Development Institute, Mircea Miclea has attracted attention, in an interview for EDUPU, that the measure regarding the increase of the teaching norm will make the teacher profession.
“I think the measures that the Bolojan government has taken on education are wrong. The fact that the teaching norm has increased will make the teacher profession and less attractive than it is at the moment. We have only less than 10% of teachers under the age of 30 in education. There will be less and soon we will have no teachers. And this is primarily because the profession will be less attractive, especially in the areas from which functional illiteracy comes, first of all from rural areas. How attractive can the teacher profession be for someone who has to go to 2 or 3 schools now, to have a full time? Will be completely unattractive and this will have a reduction in the quality of teaching act“, The teacher said.
He also argued that the measures “to increase the didactic norm“And”to increase the number of students in the class“I am”against any scientific data”.
Former Minister of Education and Research in Romania, between 2004-2005, says that the scholarships “could be converted into vouchers from which students could only buy school and school supplies”, In order to support both students to read and bookstores and publishers to survive VAT increase in books.
Why are the three “totally wrong” measures considered?
Therefore, he considers that both the increase of the didactic norm, the increase of the number of students in the classroom, as well as the reduction of the scholarships for the students are “totally wrong measures”.
“1. Increasing the number of hours in the didactic norm is a mistake, because it makes the teaching profession much less attractive. It will be a counter-selection of those who will become the teachers of our students.
2. Increasing the number of students in the class is a wrong measure because the increase of the number of students in a class correlates with the reduction of the quality of teaching, not with the increase of the quality of teaching.
3. We no longer have to compare the didactic norm in Romania with the didactic norm from abroad, because there the didactic norm is in accordance with the infrastructure and the insured resources, which is not the case in Romania.
4. Reduction of scholarships, no matter what kind of scholarships, is a mistake, because these scholarships could have been converted into vouchers and could have been used for the purchase of books or school supplies, thus being helpful for publishers and libraries.”, The former minister pointed out, according to the quoted source.
“The measures sabotage education”
He considers that the impact on the education system brought by these measures will be “extremely negative”, which will increase even more functional illiteracy.
“To meet some accounting criteria we sacrifice the future of education of our children. Which is a major mistake. Unrelated, I would say. The measures only sabotage education, forgetting everything that has been said in the election campaign both in December and in May: namely that we need to increase the level of education and access to the culture of the electorate, if we want a more solid democracy.“He said.
