The Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) has published for public consultation three order projects that establish the rules and calendars for the big national exams of 2026: the national evaluation for the eighth-grade graduates, the admission to the high school and the national baccalaureate exam.
MEC Public Consultation for National Assessment Calendars and BAC 2026 Photo Shuttersstock
The documents can be consulted on the institution’s website and on the official Facebook page, and the suggestions can be transmitted within 10 calendar days.
“The documents also contain the calendar proposals for the national exams/activities, as well as the calendar proposals for the simulations of the national exams (national and baccalaureate evaluation) ”,, It is shown in Facebook post.
The ministry specifies that the projects contain both the calendar proposals for conducting the exams, as well as for their simulations, at the national and baccalaureate evaluation. According to the MEC, the written tests will take place after the completion of the courses of the 2025-2026 school year, thus returning to the format of the previous years.
National Assessment 2026 – calendar proposal
Written tests:
Romanian language and literature – June 22;
Mathematics – June 24;
Maternal language and literature – June 26;
Results and Appeals:
July 2 – displaying the initial results (until 12:00), visualizing the works and submitting the appeals (14: 00-18: 00);
July 3-4 – visualization of the works and submission of appeals;
July 9 – displaying the final results;
Simulation:
Romanian language and literature – March 16;
Mathematics – March 17;
Maternal language and literature – March 18;
March 30 – Communication of results.
Baccalaureate 2026 – calendar proposal
Rate of skills:
Romanian language (sample A) – June 8-10;
Mother tongue (sample B) – June 10-11;
Foreign language (sample C) – June 11-12;
Digital skills (sample D) – June 15–17;
Written tests:
Romanian language and literature (EA) – June 29;
Mandatory profile test (EC) – June 30;
Sample of choice of profile and specialization (ED) – July 2;
Maternal language and literature (EB) – July 3;
Results and Appeals:
July 7 – displaying the initial results, visualizing the works and submitting the appeals (14: 00-18: 00);
July 8-9 – visualization of the works and submission of appeals;
July 13 – displaying the final results;
Simulation:
Romanian language and literature (EA) – March 23;
Mandatory profile test (EC) – March 24;
Sample of choice (ed) – March 25;
Maternal language and literature (EB) – March 26;
April 16 – communication of results.
The rules that are maintained and the next steps
The ministry retains the recently introduced rule regarding the visualization of the works before submitting the appeals both at the National Assessment and the Baccalaureate.
The final form of the documents will be approved after analyzing the proposals received and following the meeting of the Social Dialogue Commission.
The public has 10 calendar days, from the publication of the announcement, to transmit proposals and suggestions to the e-mail addresses indicated for each project.
Projects can be consulted here.
Online reactions: skepticism and dissatisfaction
Posting MEC on Facebook has quickly reactions, many of them critical.
“Public consultation? Well, it was like it was and we were not considering anything, on the contrary, they did everything we knew who know who ”wrote a user.
“Haos you brought in the lives of teachers, children and parents!“,
point another person. Someone else commented: “I think you wanted to write ‘information’ instead of ‘consultation’. It’s like before 1989. You have already approved what you propose for ‘consultation’.”
Teachers have drawn attention to organizing issues:
“During the period of competences and simulations, almost all teachers are engaged in the exam committees (…). In recent years, in some schools it has opted for online asynchronous hours, but they are simply lost for the rest of the students.”
On the other hand, some welcomed the return of the exams written after the end of the school year: “It is good that it returns to the normality to organize all the EN and Baccalaureate tests after the completion of the school year, thus canceling the ineption in 2025.”
