30% of the students in the Republic of Moldova, who were respondents of a poll, said that they would not continue their students and would abandon the faculty if they had to switch over from a budget-funded place to a place on a contract basis. The study authors said this points to a very big social problem that needs to be solved. The poll shows the students consider tuition is high against the quality of studies. Also, many of the respondents said they are not satisfied with the living conditions in dorms. The poll was conducted by the League of Students of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi and covered 580 students of higher education establishments.
In a news conference hosted by IPN, the Iasi League’s president of honor Silvian-Emanuel Man said that 88% of the respondents of the poll are persons studying at Moldovan universities, while the others already graduated. Over 91% of those polled study for a bachelor’s degree. More than half of those questioned study on a budget-funded place, while the others on a contract basis.
“When we asked them how satisfied they are with the quality of university studies in the Republic of Moldova, you see that there is a more or less close curb, but there is an area where satisfaction is greater. Only about 30% are fully dissatisfied,” said Silvian-Emanuel Man.
As regards the cost of studies, over half of the respondents consider this is high. “More than 54% consider the tuition fees are high. This fact points to a very big social problem as, when we asked them to what extent the cost of the contract coincides with the quality of provided education, we were regrettably told that the price is much higher, but there are also persons who consider that the price is not much higher, about 28%. Also, 9% said that to a very small extent. The percentage of those who are dissatisfied is much higher than the percentage of those who are satisfied,” noted the League’s president of honor.
Silvian-Emanuel Man a said the students were also asked about corruption and how often they saw or faced bribery. Over 40% of those questioned respondents that often, while about 20% said they gave bribe at least once. “Regrettably, we experience a phenomenon of corruption that in percentage is rather great. We have a majority and we can say that half pay. It is enough for one fifth to need to give bribe. It is a phenomenon in the university system already,” said Silvian-Emanuel Man.
After ascertaining the problems experienced by students in the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the League of Students of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi decided to open a branch in Chisinau. The League’s president Cosmin-Gabriel Glovnea said that they have had students from the Republic of Moldova studying in Iasi among their members almost since the founding of the organization. The necessity of opening a branch became evident also as a result of the poll. “We saw that this is necessary. Something like this is absent on the market and we decided to fill this gap and to support the creation of a local organization that will work here,” stated Cosmin-Gabriel Glovnea.
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