Chișinău Could Gain Over 5,300 New School Places to Ease Overcrowding

What solution have the central authorities found to the problem of overcrowding in the capital’s schools?

Overcrowding in schools in Chișinău remains a problem requiring urgent action, and the Ministry of Education maintains that it has proposed several solutions to the municipality to increase the number of places available in educational institutions.

Dan Perciun

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The Minister of Education and Research, Dan Perciun, states that the ministry has made two buildings available to the City Council which could be used to reduce class sizes.

One of the buildings is the former premises of the ‘Igor Vieru’ Secondary School in the Rîșcani district, which has been transferred to the management of the ‘Lucian Blaga’ Secondary School. This is expected to provide approximately 4,400 additional places, particularly for primary school pupils. The Ministry states that it has invested over 10 million lei in renovating the premises.

Another building, with around 900 places available, is located in Ciocana and belongs to the Centre of Excellence in Energy and Electronics. According to Dan Perciun, the municipality has not yet accepted the proposal to use this space.

“It is not an explicit provision in the law that will solve the problem of overcrowding, but rather the practical creation of new places. On behalf of the Government, we are offering ready-to-use buildings and mobilising resources to repair schools that currently have places but are not attractive to parents. And we very much hope that the City Council will make an effort to help resolve the problem in the city it currently manages,” the minister added.

Dan Perciun specified that 2027 will be the last year in which schools in Chișinău will be managed by the City Council. From 2028 onwards, they are set to come under the management of the Ministry of Education and Research.

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