pupils

The 2019-2020 school year has started in Romania today, with almost 3 million pupils ( 2,824,594) and around 200,000 teachers in the system. Pupils and pre-school kids will have 35 weeks of classes this year, divided in two semesters:…

Almost 150 Romanian students from Gorj have been abandoned in airports in Italy ad Japan by a foundation that had organised trips abroad. The head of the association, a teacher from Targu Jiu, has gone missing. 72 high school pupils who…

The death toll in Sri Lanka has climbed to 290 after a wave of blasts hit churches and luxury hotels in eight different locations on Sunday, when Catholic and Protestants were celebrating Easter. Over 500 people have been injured in the…

Romania is disgracefully ranking third in Europe on bullying in schools, reads a report of the World Health Organisation. According to Save the Children NGO in Romania, almost 400,000 pupils are threatened with beating and 220,000 are…

"Education is not just about profit, it is about shaping lives of our future generations." Interview with the Director of International School of Bucharest, Mr. Sinan Kosak.   Entrepreneurship in Education. What are the good parts,…

A NGO fighting for the rights of disabled children, the European Centre for the Rights of Disabled Children (CNCD), has filed a complaint against Education minister Ecaterina Andronescu to the National Council for Combating Discrimination…

A strong fire broke out at school no 124 in Bucharest, more precisely in district 5 of the Capital, on Monday morning. A part of the roof has collapsed, while firemen have fought the flames fro about seven hours. Fortunately, there have…

A priest who was teaching religion at a high school in Copsa Mica, Sibiu county, has been filmed by a 12th grade schoolgirl while allegedly masturbating. The School Inspectorate from Sibiu and the Ardeal Mitropoly are probing into this…

A 100% Romanian company, topping the ranking of the video game developers industry in our country, also pioneer of the local digital graphics market, has launched a series of workshops to train high school pupils in the digital graphics…

In 2015, almost 19 million primary school pupils (or 84% of all the pupils at this level) in the European Union (EU) were studying at least one foreign language, including 1 million (around 5%) who were studying two foreign languages or…