The Minister of Education, Daniel David, said on Tuesday that the models from high school are no longer adequate and must be changed because “Intelligent young people enter and with creativity similar to those in other western countries, but people do not come out as performing. “
Daniel David/Photo: Facebook
“It is a legal pressure. The new law rethinks the baccalaureate, we must rethink the disciplines and the connection with the baccalaureate. It is a curricular pressure. We should do this in 2021, as the generation from the gymnasium, which entered the new framework plans in 2017, to enter a similar logic, somewhat and at high school level. It is a pressure related to the load we put on the shoulders of our children.
And it is a pressure that comes from the performance of the system, wanting to do not want at any time, Pisa or other international results, high school performance does not look good. Creative intelligent young people enter, with intelligence and creativity similar to those we see in other western countries, but there are no equally performing people. This tells me that the models we have in the area of high school at this time are no longer adequate. We need to change them”, Stated the Minister of Education in a public debate on framework plan projects for high school education.
The attitudes regarding the projects were “biploars”
Also, Daniel David said that, in the first days after putting in public debate the framework projects, the reactions were “bipolar”.
“In the first days I received only such bipolar attitudes. Either very harsh critics, or applause. Surely coming from different areas. It does not make sense now to insist so as not to antagonize the respective areas. After the first days, people understood that we are still serious, that we have a period of debate, consultation, that I am not impressed by critics, nor by praises, that neither praises help me.
We are open to serious analyzes, so we started to go beyond the formula cannot be changed or discuss in number of hours, we have reached the formula in which we rethink the models in which various disciplines want to project in the 21st century in high school.L, “explained Daniel David.
The Minister of Education said that the minister is no longer the one who sets the number of mandatory hours.
“A key element, fundamentally, is related to decentralization so that it is no longer the minister who establishes from the cabinet, by the minister order the number of hours and the obligation of the hours in Bucharest to the top of the Apuseni Mountains.
A number I say, quite important for hours, 15% on average was decentralized towards the students’ decision. The school offers, the students will choose, and there is again a fairly important percentage of the specialized curriculum that is flexible and where the decision will come to the school level ”said Daniel David.
He asked the question if there is not too much decentralization for the level we are at at the moment.
“Now the question is this. Is this decentralization too loud for the level we are at this moment? Is it too much decentralization? Will they be able to choose the students with their parents? Will they choose the easy way? Do we refuen some things?
How much we refill them so that we go on a modern system in which we ultimately target personalized education so that schools with the same profile can personalize their profile. The same mathematics-information profile can emphasize the math component, another mathematics-information profile to accentuate its computer component. These are the discussions we need to have and always remember what we want, what is the purpose”, The Minister of Education also said.
“We do not have the geography of Romania, we do not have the history of Romania for 20 years”
Last but not least, Daniel David said that the history and geography of Romania should be rethought, but also the fact that the grammar should be brought back to high school.
“Our civilization founded the two pillars: science and religion, and both pillars are there. Then you have the national culture component. And you have seen the public debates we had, including with the president of the academy when I said very clearly, there are hours and we can give hours for elements of national culture, given that I see national culture. We do not have the geography of Romania, we do not have the history of Romania for 20 years.
Let’s rethink history, rethink the geography, bring back the grammar to high school because our children do not speak Romanian correctly. And then yes, we give hours for elements of national culture, but let’s rethink the model, not on the old model. And the fourth component those disciplines that prepare us for life. And you have seen counseling and orientation there, we all complain about drug use, we complain about unhealthy eating, unprotected sex, aggression. I came up with new healthy lifestyle proposals ”said Daniel David.
