Parliament rejected the simple motion submitted by the Socialist group over the internal policy pursued by the Ministry of Education in the education sector, IPN reports.
Presenting a report, Minister Corina Fusu said the circular on historic education concerning the day of March 27, which was challenged by the Socialists, is part of the extracurricular activities and such activities are carried out annually. The Ministry of Education issued similar circulars on different matters, including about the commemoration of the Holocaust victims, the Memory Day or the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
As regards the Socialists’ request to review the curriculum and introduce the History of Moldova course, the minister said the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova recently issued a note about the prospects of the History of Romanians and Universal History courses, which says that during 25 years, the community of historians of Moldova repeatedly pronounced on these subjects, underlining that the existent curriculum harmoniously combines the historical material that refers directly to Moldovan personalities and evens.
“The implementation of this request will affect the education process and inevitable social consequences could be generated. The Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences stated the political class does not have the right to interfere in matters related to science, deeds and data, while the history taught in schools is of the Romanians, not of Romania and this enables the students to understand the history of the own people,” stated Corina Fusu.
About the vacation of teaching staff of kindergartens, the minister said a timetable is being worked out and this will be negotiated with parents at each institution apart.
As regards the accusations that the Ministry of Education pursues the goal of liquidating education institutions, Corina Fusu said in Moldova there are 1,240 general primary and secondary education institutions, 22 of which are small schools and gymnasiums with under 91 children and primary schools with under 41 students. Under the Education Code, these schools have two prospects: they are either included in a kindergarten-primary school education complex or are transformed into branches of a larger school with more children as the education process is more competitive where there are more teachers and students.
