Education union representatives met Monday with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and Education Minister Daniel David at the Government to discuss grievances over measures in Law no. 141/2025 but, having received no commitment from the prime minister to reconsider them, announced that protests on the issue will intensify.
"We had a one-and-a-half-hour discussion with the prime minister. Our arguments regarding the effects of the measures adopted by the Bolojan Government were heard, but unfortunately, there was no commitment from the prime minister to reverse them. We addressed each measure separately: increasing teaching hours by two to four hours, raising the number of students per class, reducing the hourly payment rate and demonstrated that all these measures will have negative effects both on colleagues and students. Since we have nothing concrete, we can only say that protests will continue and intensify after school starts, once teachers return to the classroom. We asked the prime minister to conduct a more thorough review," said Simion Hancescu, president of the Free Education Trade Unions Federation (FSLI), after leaving the Government building.
In turn, Anton Hadar, leader of the "Alma Mater" Federation, stressed that unions have warned Prime Minister Bolojan about the potential negative impacts of Law no. 141/2025, but despite this, they received no commitments to reconsider or adapt the measures, including concerns about university funding.
Finally, Marius Nistor, leader of the "Spiru Haret" Education Unions Federation, pointed out that the measures in Law no. 141/2025 will lead to increased school dropout rates and functional illiteracy, as well as an "explosion of simultaneous teaching" in rural schools.
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