Legislation has been proposed by MP Daniel Constantin, to clear the legislative framework pertaining to tichete sociale (currently being discussed in the Senate, as of mid April). The Economic and Social Council has already issued a favorable opinion in support of the bill and we’re working with our partners to ensure support for its enactment.  […]

The Minister of Education Sorin Cimpeanu and the Minister of Labour Rovana Plumb and OvidiuRo’s Maria Gheorghiu have signed an agreement to work together in the interest of providing early education to Romania’s poorest children.  This accord underscores the importance of early education as the foundation for academic success and the acquisition of critical social and life skills. It paves the way for the national expansion of […]

Apart from it being monthly Parents Day in at the Cojocna Gradinita, 20 March was a day to remember for 25 children and their parents when the US Embassy Charge de’affaires Dean Thomson and his wife Jane Thomson, an early education specialist, dropped by to say hello.  The Thomsons also met up with local authorities whom they congratulated for being the first county to allocate funds for parent incentives […]

On 5 February 2015, the 4th Annual Meeting of the Ambassadors’ Early Education Initiative was hosted by British Ambassador Paul Brummell and had as special guests the Minister of Education, Mr. Sorin Cimpeanu, and the State Secretary within the Ministry of Labour, Mr. Codrin Scutaru. Also participating were the Ambassadors of Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, […]

Early education is positively correlated to higher graduation, higher employment, and lower incarceration rates. Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications, W. Steven Barnett, Rutgers University, 2008 In 2013, President Barack Obama called for making preschool available to every 4-year-old in America, opening a national discussion that continues to permeate the front […]