Fiodor Ghelici, incumbent ambassador of the International Organization for Economic Development, and representatives of “Moldova Mea” Association said Minister of Education Maia Sandu should offer her resignation following the poor results in this year’s Baccalaureate session. In a news conference at IPN, Fiodor Ghelici said the high number of twelfth graders who didn’t pass the exams confirms the necessity of reforming the education system.

“The results of the Baccalaureate exams this year are a shame for Moldova,” said Feodor Ghelici. Accordion to him, the Ministry of Education is to blame for such a state of affairs because it created unfavorable conditions for holding the exams. The surveillance cameras and metal detectors used to search the candidates caused a psychological discomfort that many students could not overcome. Fiodor Ghelici said he possesses information that the Baccalaureate exams cost some of the parents by €5,000.

Alexandr Iudin, a member of “Moldova Mea” Association, said the education system in Moldova is of a poor quality including because the teachers are not assessed on employment, while some of them teach several subjects.

Nina Dimoglo, a member of the Gagauz Youth Association “ILERI”, noted that the Baccalaureate exam passing rate decreases annually owing to the very difficult curriculum. There are too many subjects and a lot of information that the students must assimilate. “If things go on like this, we will witness the situation when no student will pass the Baccalaureate exams,” she stated.

According to the Ministry of Education, the students who passed all the Baccalaureate exams total over 12,400 or 45.25% of the total number of twelfth graders who took the exams.