Chisinau Municipal Council rejected selling 10 buildings of the capital to certain private education institutions

Chisinau Municipal Council (CMC) rejected on Tuesday, 28 February, to sell 10 buildings of the capital to certain private education institutions, which at the moment rent them. Counsellors rejected completely to sell the buildings in spite of certain statements made by the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Victor Tvircun, at the meeting, resulting that rejecting the decision draft takes some risks and disadvantages for municipality. The minister said that one of the risks would be worsening of relations with certain countries, their institutions working in these buildings, or abroad it would be created the impression that private institutions in Chisinau are not agreed. He also noted that if these institutions cease their activity, as result of lack of building, about 500 teachers would have no job. Before rejecting the draft, the interim mayor of the capital, Vasile Ursu, paid the attention of the counsellors over these buildings which previously were kindergartens, and further, if there are needed kindergartens, the capital will loose them and will not be able to build others. He proposed to address a letter to government where the municipal authorities require changing the legislation that these institutions work and rent these buildings. According to legislation, the interim mayor underlined, those 10 education institutions could not work without having their own headquarters. Within the buildings following to be sold there are working the International Management Institute IMI-Nova, Moldovan-Turkish high-school, high-schools Socrate, Evrica, Petrenco, Elitex, Prometeu, Columna, private Moldovan-Trukish gymnasium, Foreign Language School. As result of the selling the municipal budget would be completed with about 27 million lei, the buildings being estimated by an independent audit company. The money gained would be used for development of the technical-material base of the public education system of the municipality. Compared to situation of other places of the country, in municipality Chisinau buildings of pre-school education system were not sold till now, unused because of children lack.