The government has approved the new methodology for granting scholarships for students, adapted to budgetary constraints, but also to feedback received in public debates.
Ministry of Education announces new scholarships for students / photo source: Getty Images
Methodology for granting scholarships for students, approved in the Government meeting
The Ministry of Education states in a statement that the current methodology has been constrained by the fiscal-budgetary crisis measures, which influenced the way of redefining the scholarships at the pre-university level, so that we can sustain them.
“I am glad that following the public debates the Government of Romania has approved a variant of methodology that respects my commitment to social scholarships -those that contribute to bringing and maintaining children in school, which fundamentally in mandatory education -, but also my proposals to flex and grant merit scholarships”declares the Minister of Education and Research, prof. Univ. Dr. Psych. Daniel David quoted by edu.ro
How much money will they receive every month students who will meet the state -established criteria
According to the new provisions, the following types of scholarships will be granted this school year:
- Merit scholarship (in the amount of 450 lei/month)
- Social scholarship (300 lei/month)
- Technological scholarship (300 lei/month)
- The scholarship to support the school reintegration of minor mothers (according to the law).
How the new scholarships will be granted. The criteria that students need to meet
Following the feedback received both from the public space and in the debate organized by the Ministry of Education and Research during the public consultation period, in the case of merit scholarships, the responsibility of the educational unit was eliminated to establish the separation criteria for the beneficiaries of merit scholarships, in the situation of equal environments. Thus, in the form adopted in the Government meeting, the merit scholarships are granted to the first 15% of the students of each class, who obtained, in the previous school year, the minimum annual average 9.
In addition to the beneficiaries established by applying the percentage (15%), following the feedback from the public consultation period, the provision that establishes the granting of merit scholarships and the students of each 9th grade that were admitted to the high school without supporting the national assessment, based on obtaining the first prize at the national organized and financed by the Ministry of Education and International Olympics recognized by the Ministry of Education and Research. The existing regulations with reference to the prizes option at the Olympics remain valid.
For the students of class VA, the merit scholarships will be granted taking into account the average of the first two learning intervals of the current school year.
For students of the 9th grade, the merit scholarships will be granted on the basis of admission environments in high school.
Social scholarships for students from disadvantaged environments, vulnerable groups or special medical situations
The social scholarship is a form of support of students from socio-economic disadvantaged environments, vulnerable groups or with special medical situations, in order to support school participation, as well as to prevent school dropout.
The social scholarship can be accumulated with the merit scholarship.
To the same extent, the technological scholarship can be accumulated with the merit scholarship and the social stock exchange.
Both the merit scholarship and the social and technological scholarship are conditioned by obtaining the annual average 10 / of the “Very good” qualification, as well as by the presence at school – in case the students accumulate 10 or more unmotivated absences in a month, do not receive the merit scholarship, the social scholarship, for the respective month.
The document, in full form, will be available after publishing in the Official Gazette.
