News about Education
Parliament approved the Restart reform in its first reading, which calls for the creation of 35 regional education agencies directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Research. Authorities argue that the reform will transform education into a “social elevator” accessible to all children, while the opposition warns of excessive centralization and the consolidation of political control over the system.
The “72 Hours to Colony” project, co-funded by the Romanian Cultural Institute as part of the “Kantemir 2026” program and implemented by West Space Studio in partnership with the Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, debuted in July with an art intervention in a former Soviet nuclear bunker in Șoldănești.
Employees of the new regional agencies being established by the government as part of the Restart education reform may receive salaries nearly three times higher than those of school teachers.
Approximately 30 million euros will be allocated for the major renovation of 19 student dormitories across the country by 2030. Thanks to these investments, the plan is to modernize about 5,000 student housing units, said Minister of Education and Research Dan Perciun.
The government today approved a decision to launch negotiations and sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Moldova’s Ministry of Education and Research and India’s Ministry of Education to strengthen bilateral relations and promote cooperation in the field of higher education.
Employers participating in the dual education system will be reimbursed for half of the costs of training students. The government has approved a corresponding state support mechanism for companies that invest in vocational training for young people.
The fields of study in higher education will be expanded to include six new programs: “Furniture Design”, “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”, “Geography of Tourism”, “Bioinformatics”, “Pharmaceutical Care”, and “Sports Travel and Tourism”. The corresponding decision was approved today, July 29, at a government meeting.
The overall pass rate for the national exam to obtain a secondary school diploma in 2026 reached 81.9%, which is higher than the 2025 rate (79.17%). A total of 18,437 candidates were admitted to the exam, of whom 15,100 passed it successfully.
As of today, 1,809 children from refugee families from Ukraine are enrolled and attending municipal schools in Chisinau, and 505 young children are attending preschool institutions.
In the municipality of Cahul, a new smart street lighting system and a fully renovated kindergarten have been put into operation.
A mechanism for monitoring graduate employment will be implemented in the higher education management information system. It will make it possible to determine graduates’ employment status, identify those who are unemployed within the country, and assess whether their field of study aligns with their current position.
The mayor of the capital continues to comment on the RESTART education reform. The government intends to create more than 30 agencies under the education departments, warns Mayor Ion Ceban.
The RESTART education reform is designed to reduce inequalities in access to quality education for students in all communities. This was stated by Minister of Education and Research Dan Perciun during the parliamentary review of the bill prior to its first-reading vote.
Today marks the start of the application period for higher education institutions. Minister of Education and Research Dan Perchun urged high school and college graduates to continue their studies at domestic universities, emphasizing that this year students are being offered higher scholarships and better learning conditions.
Professional qualifications obtained in Moldova will be recognized in EU countries and vice versa, but only after Moldova joins the European Union.
In keeping with the saying “what’s new is just the old in a new guise,” the Ministry of Education and Research has decided to reinstate numerical grades for fourth-graders starting in the new school year, replacing the descriptive evaluations.
Statistics show that courts have recently been facing an increasingly acute shortage of personnel. Today, only 388 of the 524 judicial positions are filled. The situation is most dire in the Supreme Judicial Chamber, where only half of the positions are filled.
The Ministry of Education and Research has begun equipping 108 schools with modern equipment for teaching science, technology, and robotics. The cost of the supplies is approximately 4.8 million lei, and funding is provided through the EQIP project with support from the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education.
The Moldovan Ministry of Culture has launched a program to support young professionals who are starting their careers in state cultural institutions. Graduates of relevant universities will be eligible to receive up to 120,000 lei, while graduates of vocational and technical schools will be eligible to receive up to 90,000 lei.
At its plenary session on July 23, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova ratified a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB), which provides for the allocation of more than €50 million to modernize 20 educational institutions that are part of the national “Model Schools” network.
