EduMin Curaj on Doctor titles: Political games very much harm Romanian education

The current legislation in Doctor titles is incoherent, chaotic, as there was no political will to give the academic milieu a robust framework and the necessary autonomy, and the political games did harm the Romanian tuition a lot, said on Sunday the Education Minister, Adrian Curaj. 

The minister in a press conference talked about the launch in public debate of a Government Decision's draft on the Code of the Doctor studies. 

"We wouldn't have been here, if things would have been clear. (...) We have had political games that have done a lot of harm to the Romanian education. And we see the results and we are so amazed at them," said the minister. 

"We've decided to create a legal, proper framework. (...) I'm certain effects will resist in time. I find it the obligation of the Education Ministry to father a correct, predictable framework, a framework we have hadn't so far, we did had a double-standard in connection with what is it to be done with the politician Doctors and Doctorands," Adrian Curaj added. 

The new modifications as regards the Doctorates will allow the recovery of trustworthiness, where it is necessary, of the education units the strengthening of the academic credibility and the consolidation of the reputation of universities of Romania. 

"The alterations come bundled with a transparent approach of the information on doctorates, the self-assessment of the doctoral schools and the international evaluation of the doctoral schools," the minister explained. 

Curaj concluded that the granting and withdrawal of the Doctor's titles will be from now on the attribution of the organizing bodies, namely universities and the Romanian Academy. 

The new Council for the diplomas' certification will be, according to the said draft, an appeals' court.AGERPRES