The Minister of Education, Sorin Costreie, spoke about his independence in the government, in the context in which PSD nominated for education and a delegated minister for pre-university education. Costreie explained that this is a normal situation and emphasized that it is a good thing that the field of education is separated between pre-university and university education. Thus, Costreie explains, a single vision cannot be imposed.
Asked about his independence in the government, in the context of education where there is also a PSD minister delegated for pre-university education, Sorin Costreie explained that education policies will be made with the agreement of the prime minister, not the social democrats.
“I hope they are done only in the ministry and with the normal agreement of the prime minister, because he coordinates the entire government. Yes, good, you will say. Well, then, why do you have a PSD minister in the ministry, not as the delegated minister for pre-university education? To make things clear. I asked them and if you look at what I have declared in recent years and it is part of a vision, I strongly believe that we must separate these two subsystems in a good way. I mean already from 2023, since we have two organic laws, we have two organic laws, for pre-university education and for universal education, but there are several arguments here. Why should the situation be as it is today, that is, with two ministers? A first argument would be the European practice,” explained the official.
He also argued that this ministry is divided into two and in other countries in Europe.
“The world hardly accepts that the Ministry of Education can be broken, but if we look in France, in Sweden, in Poland, in Denmark, in many countries in Europe we have two ministries, in Finland it is exactly like we have a ministry, but with two ministers. In Spain we have three ministries, because we were also talking about research, we have pre-university, university and research, which I don’t think is beneficial. I am speaking for our Romanian space. I think that research must stay together with Two, again, if you look at what actually happens when a minister comes, if he is from the pre-university, he is regarded with some suspicion by those from the university, and if he is from the university, he is regarded with some suspicion by his colleagues from the pre-university”, added Sorin Costreie.
The minister then expressed his hope that the two ministers would be separated into separate ministries.
“A ministry that currently has two ministers, but I think it would be beneficial to reach two ministries where the two systems are managed. And we have two laws now, by people in the system who have a certain legitimacy and who have a certain echo among their colleagues”, concluded Sorin Costreie.
