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Education Minister Monica Anisie declared, on Friday, during the “Viitor cu Clasă” program on Stirileprotv.ro, that theses could be eliminated in the 2020-2021 school year, and the Olympic Games could be held online.
“We are going to take the necessary measures based on the situation created, step by step. If necessary, we will act. As we did in spring, when we made the decision to eliminate theses because there was no possibility of supporting these exams,” he explained Monica Anisie, asked if theses could be eliminated in the 2020-2021 school year.
Eight months after students and teachers went to school online due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Minister of Education announces an order establishing the rules for conducting classes online.
This order foresees the drastic reduction of the subject, the abandonment of certain chapters of different subjects, the adaptation of the program for digital teaching, the shortening of the students’ schedule so as not to spend many hours in front of the computer, but also multidisciplinary teaching.
According to the minister, Romanian and English language and literature teachers, for example, could teach in tandem, for example, so that students no longer have to sit in front of the computer for so many hours.
The Romanian school digitization strategy, drawn up at the Ministry of Education
On Monday a conference will be held at the Ministry of Education, which will have as its theme the presentation of the Digitization Strategy of the Romanian school. Partnerships with IT specialists are announced that will help teachers use tablets, the Internet, but also applications for online teaching.
“Throughout the summer holidays, we have run training programs for teachers to teach online. We are currently working to adapt the program to online education. No decision has been made yet, but we will go out to say how the teaching will take place. and online evaluation“Anisie specified.
The Virtual Library, but also the online learning platform, could be ready in November. The Minister of Education accepted the help of Rareş Voicu, president of the national student council to help the institution implement the projects.
“Since 2011, the Education Law provides for the creation of the Virtual Library. We are already at the moment when the offers were evaluated, because there were appeals. Based on the decision of the CNSC, the deadline is November 18. Until so, we should “Let’s do this. The Ministry of Education has moved in 2020, compared to previous years. I invite Rareș to come with me and let’s create together the Virtual Library and the e-learning platform “, Monica Anisie said.
When will tablets actually reach students?
The 250,000 tablets promised by the authorities could reach students by the end of December, Anisie announced during the online program “Viitor cu Clasă”.
Anisie explained how the project to purchase 250,000 tablets for students who did not have any electronic equipment went.
“The money for the 250,000 tablets was allocated according to the figures provided by the school inspection, after we made an inquiry in March. The purchase is not complete for the third stage. We have two more lots that are currently being auctioned for. We have provided for Bucharest and for the other counties the necessary that the school inspectors received from the schools. The schools demanded so much at that time “, specified the minister.
Regarding that, nationwide, only 26,000 of the 250,000 tablets arrived, Anisie specified: “On September 25 I sent these requested tablets. I found out by chance that these tablets were not distributed. Since the possibility of entering the red stage was announced, I requested a meeting with the prefect. At that meeting, I found out that these tablets did not. The inspectors told me that they did not even know that they had arrived at the General Inspection warehouse. They will also receive tablets and students who later requested these devices. “
Monica Anisie also said money was allocated for the purchase of laptops and webcams, which would be distributed to schools upon request.
“Through GEO, money was allocated for the purchase of electronic products directly by the schools. We allocated money for the purchase of reserve stock at the school inspection level. 1700 laptops and 1780 webcams, to intervene where necessary.”said the Minister of Education.
