The new minister of education Corina Fusu is for further using the video system to supervise the Baccalaureate exams even if the Liberal Party, of which she forms part, earlier harshly criticized this initiative. Corina Fusu made public her position in Parliament within the session of questions and answerers that anticipated the vote of confidence given to the new Government, IPN reports.

Corina Fusu said the practice of other states shows the installation of video cameras to supervise the exams represents an impulse for the students to study more consciously and for the teachers to become more responsible. “This practice will be continued, but we will review the conditions in which the Baccalaureate exams are taken so as to lessen the stress suffered by students,” she stated.

To another question, Fusu answered that she will continue to implement the reforms initiated by her predecessor Maia Sandu and will consult experts from Romania and other European states. She noted that she aims to restore the prestige of such professions as teacher and education and of the whole system that is suspected of being corrupt.

In April 2013, heavyweights of the Liberal Party demanded that the Ministry of Education should renounce the practice of using surveillance cameras in Baccalaureate centers, arguing the candidates could fail the exams because of the stress. Corina Fusu said then that the police-like attitude causes a useless and inacceptable state of psychosis in schools.