Romania has weakest education system in EU

The Romanian education system is one of the weakest in Europe and the weakest in the European Union, which is proven by international tests, President Traian Basescu said yesterday at a debate on the education law held in Parliament, which was also attended by Education Minister Daniel Funeriu.
“The Romanian education system is the weakest in the EU in terms of graduates’ performance. This is proven not only by experts’ analyses, but also by European tests,” Basescu said. He added no change had been made to the Romanian education system, it had been merely “patched up”. “If anyone claims to have been a reformer of the education system over the last 20 years, show them the results of this reform: increasingly poorly prepared pupils, with less and less chances of being competitive on the labour market,” Basescu added.
The Government is preparing a new education law, after the education law adopted in 2009 was declared unconstitutional. The new draft law is to be sent to Parliament after Easter.