While the Minister of Education asks parents not to “exaggerate” with meditations, parents say that without support for children it is difficult to keep up with the class.
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The Minister of Education, Daniel David, recently spoke about the “mechanism of meditations”, asking parents not to encourage this true phenomenon. “Stop exaggerating with this mechanism, That the ministry simply does not impose such a thing, it does not favor this, on the contrary ”, said Daniel David. Meditations must be an exception, said the minister, and must also be well controlled, both ethical and in terms of taxation.
On the Facebook group “Parents of the Students in Romania” the parents were invited to say how much they spend each month for meditations, and most of them revealed both the amount and the reasons why they arrived in this situation.
As for the age of children from whom some parents choose, or are required, as others explain, to seek specialized support the situations vary.
“Dear parents, how much does the monthly meditations in the” free “education cost you? Please specify the number of children, thank you!”, was the request of the probe initiator. And from here the hundreds of answers started.
“Around 4,000 RON for three children, in three subjects each (English, French and mathematics) ”a parent revealed.
“Mate and English – 100 lei each/week. The Romanian from the year follows. So, from the year, I will give 300 lei weekly on meditations ”posted another parent.
“The seventh grade, Romanian once a week, mature twice; 120 lei/session ”eachanother example came.
“The older students can be mentors for the little ones. There is such a pilot program in our school.”
Other parents advocate for greater involvement in children’s education and say they manage to keep up and help children with themes and notions they did not understand at school.
“The 6th grade, I currently work with the child and resume what is taught in the class, especially in mathematics. And in the rest of the subjects, if necessary (Romanian, English, French, bio, ICT, etc.)”mentioned another parent.
“The older students They can be mentors for the little ones. QThere will always be children with gaps no matter how much the teacher is involved. There is such a pilot program this year in our school. Satisfaction is on both sides: students recover the subject and are more confident in themselves, and students are excited to see the evolution of the little ones and feel useful. The hours are held weekly in school in various subjects: mathematics, English, Spanish, physics, basketball. I hope to get the program in the future ”, Another parent came with a suggestion, mentioning his own experience.
“Zero lei! Will you say: Don’t you love and support your children?”
Another parent revealed that he chose not to pay meditations, because he managed to build a good relationship, based on respect, with the teachers in the classroom, and this helped a lot.
“Zero lei! Will you say: Don’t you love and support your children?
Qi support enough! In the 5th grade my daughter gave a teacher who ran the lessons and did not help the children! After discussions with the director and the leader, it seems that the lady corrected her behavior although the defects mentioned were a lifetime and is two years of retirement. In the relationship with the teachers, we offer respect and we are constantly involved when needed.
I think the most important education is given home! If he learns, the little girl has a scholarship and will work all her life easily! He knows that well.
My 3rd grade son is doing well for very well but recently he told me he doesn’t want to go to school:-Perfect! I told him, today I have a lot of work in the household, I need help! It was instantly decided he wants to school!
By constantly putting crutches and propages to the children, we do not help them, although I admit that if necessary, I will probably pay meditations for a child who wants to learn! For now, with good word, we have results. The involvement is the key, I say! ”, the father explained.
Another parent revealed that he pays for his child, a student in the 7th grade, a meeting per week in Romanian Lima and two in mathematics, 120 lei/session. Another parent writes that for his child, a student in the eighth grade, he pays 200 lei/meeting in Romanian (once a week, individually), 170 lei/meeting in mathematics (two meeting per week, individually) and 60 lei/session for French and English (also individual), the monthly expenses reach almost 2.000 lei.
The father of a child of class will wrote that he pays four German sessions per month (in total 400 lei, the meeting with 2 hours) and 350 lei/month for computer science (all one meeting per week, one and a half hour meeting).
“Minimum 720 lei, a 7th grade child. Last year, when the big one was in the eighth grade, we reached 960 lei/month. In addition we have a subscription on an online platform, 50 lei ”is another comment.
Why do your parents pay meditations
Some of the parents also explained why they would agree to support (those who do not already) such expenses.
“It does not understand the solving of problems, otherwise, to meetings, decreases, multiplications, divisions we have no stress. But when it comes to problems he says he didn’t understand. There are many that I do not understand, having so many tasks when I put my head with her. It does not do meditations but I think in the future it would help it ”, wrote the father of a fourth-grade student.
“I have an 8 -year -old girl, all the extracurricular activities go to 2,700 lei a month. Foreign languages, dance, fast reading and mathematics. Without putting behavioral therapy, now being suspected of ADHD because she cannot concentrate at all, without putting the visits to the psychiatrist and psychologist who have discovered that she has a two -class disgrace.He exposed the experience of another parent. The father explained, responding to the critics that the program could be too loaded for an 8-year-old, that the extracurricular courses have helped the child to cope with school.
“The Romanian education system shows, again, how low it is.”
“My son is doing at Mate and Physics with his father once a week. If we had to pay, 800 a month. This is where the meditation was 100 lei. A parent who meditates the child – Romanian, matte, biology – reaches 1,500 monthly. I know examples. I agree that we need to help them. Honestly, especially if he doesn’t like a matter and don’t understand it in the class, what to do? That remains behind ”motivated the choice of another parent.
Other parents have recommended various applications, for foreign languages, for example, which have free variants, but also more complex variants, for which you can pay subscription and can be used by several users at the same time.
“It is a mess to provide meditations for the child for a fee. The educational system in Romania shows, again, how low it is. From here the preferences of the teachers, the better grades of those who take meditations, etc. also appear. In Switzerland there are teachers who only deal with children who need help, during school, of course, free. What does a parent do who cannot afford to pay meditations? What does that child do who can even need meditations and do not allow their parents to offer them? As long as parents pay meditations, things will not change and there will be children who have to suffer ”another parent wrote.
Many of the amounts advanced as monthly expenses for the additional support of children exceed, monthly, the equivalent of the minimum wage on the economy in our country (which from January 1, 2025 is 4,050 gross lei, ie 2,574 lei), and with the minimum wage are paid over 1.8 million employees. “Education is free, but for children, not for their parents ”, concluded a parent.
