The Government on January 18 decided that the scholarships will be indexed by 5%, IPN reports.

Thus, the first-category scholarship for university students will be 800 lei, the second-category scholarship 680 lei, while the third-category scholarship 630 lei. The social scholarship will be 420 lei.

The scholarships in technical secondary and post-secondary vocational education institutions will be 630 lei, 528 lei and 480 lei respectively, depending on the category. The social scholarship will be 365 lei.

The scholarship for doctoral and postdoctoral students, resident doctors and secondary clinical doctors will oscillate between 1 050 and 1 205 lei.

In higher education, the Republic’s Scholarship will be 1 385 lei, the President’s Scholarship 1 260 lei, while the Government’s Scholarship 1 112 lei. Two nominal scholarships are provided in technical vocational education. The President’s Scholarship will be 975 lei, while the Gaudeamus Scholarship 840 lei.