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Cooperation Memoranda Signed under the “My School” Project

ActivitateWednesday, 1 October 20149604 views
Cooperation Memoranda Signed under the “My School” Project

Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.

The Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup”, together with regional partner organisations, held signing events for cooperation memoranda under the project “My School – Social Accountability for Education Reform in the Republic of Moldova”. The events took place in seven districts and in Chișinău.

The districts were Hâncești, Florești, Soroca, Cahul, Ungheni, Sângerei and Râșcani. Project coordinator Victoria Vlad said central and local authorities and the directors of the twenty participating schools had shown openness to letting pupils, parents and teachers get more involved through public hearings, access to budget information and setting school development priorities.

Expert-Grup executive director Adrian Lupușor said the end result must be greater accountability of education service providers for school performance, adding that education reform belongs to the whole community, not only the Ministry of Education. The project will run for five years in 100 schools, 20 per year, selected through an open national competition. It will involve almost 6,000 citizens, 100 local coalitions and 1,000 school board members. It is funded by the World Bank Group through the Global Partnership for Social Accountability, with information support from the Ministry of Education.