Maria Soltan, Director of Puhoi Lyceum, Ialoveni: “My School”, a Wonderful Challenge for Every School Director
Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.
Maria Soltan, who has directed the Puhoi Lyceum in Ialoveni since 2006, describes how joining the “My School” project in 2016 helped her make the school’s budget and decision-making transparent. The article, produced under a project implemented by the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup”, presents the lyceum’s experience.
The lyceum has managed its own budget since 2013: over MDL 6 million a year for 600 pupils, about 40 teachers and 20 other staff. Most money goes on salaries, then building maintenance and investment. Questionnaires completed by pupils, parents and teachers, plus annual public hearings, showed everyone how the money was spent. Parents, Ms Soltan says, no longer have doubts because the process is transparent.
Pupils proposed their own transport, which is not possible because the lyceum is not a catchment-area school. A mini football pitch is under construction and should be ready from 1 September 2018. A new-type Board of Administration includes three parents, a pupil, a Town Hall representative and two teachers. Teacher Maria Toma and pupil Dumitrița Vîrlan praised the experience. The project was funded by the World Bank.
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