The Chisinau General Division of Education, Youth and Sport on March 10 designated the winners of the municipal contest “Pedagogue of 2015”. The title was won by Valentina Lungu, who is a teacher of math at the Theoretical Lyceum “Petru Movila”. She will represent the municipality at the national stage of the contest, IPN reports.

The titles “Teacher of 2015” and “Educator of 2015” were conferred on Stela Baltag, who is a primary teacher at the Lyceum “Ion Creanga”, and on Silvia Postica, who is an educator at the Nursery School No. 225.

The contest was held in two stages – local and municipal. Twenty teachers took part in the municipal stage, while the awards were 10,000 lei (for the first place), 5,000 (second place) and 3,000 lei (third place). There were also offered awards of 1,000 lei each.

The head of the General Division of Education, Youth and Sport Tatiana Nagnibeda-Tverdohleb said that such contests promote the profession of teacher and education.

The Laureate Gala “Pedagogue of 2015” is at its eleventh edition.