Funds are provided to enterprises to motivate them to participate in this system. They cover the cost to the enterprise of training the master who works with the students. They also cover the remuneration in the amount of the national minimum wage paid by the employer to the trainees. Today it amounts to 5500 lei. These are the two most costly items for the enterprises where the students of the vocational education system do their practical training.
However, as Liudmila Stihi, vice-minister of education, told Logos Press, this money has not been fully utilized for several years in a row.
We would like to remind you that the dual education system implies joint participation of the state and employers in the training of future employees. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moldova, as a partner of the Ministry of Education, works with employers in this direction, and the compensations are issued by the Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA).
In general, the state’s expenditures on vocational education and training are increased by 17.5% in 2025. In monetary terms, the total sum amounted to 1 billion 500 million lei. This year, it is 300 million lei more than last year. This sum includes all the support – the expenses for the increase in prices for energy resources, the increase in teachers’ salaries, as well as the provision of educational institutions and laboratories with the necessary equipment.
According to the Vice-Minister of Education, the number of students has also increased this year – by more than a thousand people in the entire system of vocational education. It includes not only vocational schools and colleges, but also professional development centers, where you can get a new profession. These three structures train specialists for the Moldovan labor market.
“We strive to increase the role of vocational education in the regions,” said Liudmila Stihi. – So that students could study at home with the prospect of subsequent employment at these enterprises. And stay there to work”.
