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The essential element of increasing the quality of education is "in the hands" of teachers, who must make lessons attractive so that pupils fondly come to school, Education Minister Valentin Popa said on Monday at the opening ceremonies of the new school year, organized at the "Octavian Goga" National College in Miercurea Ciuc.
He added that he would have liked the new school year to begin on 17 September to have more time to prepare it, but 10 September 10 is more appropriate in a year in which Romania marks the Centennial of the Greater Union.
"We are starting today, September 10, a new school year, a date chosen at the beginning of March. And I have to confess that it was chosen at the insistence of the representatives of pupils, parents and teachers' unions. I would have liked it to start on the 17th to have more time to organize it, but after all, the 10th is a very good date, I think, because we are starting a school year under the symbol of 10. It is 10 September in a year in which we celebrate 100 years since the Greater Union. (...) I wish you, dear pupils, the mark 10 [grade A, e.n.] to follow you every day in this school year, both at school and at home and in society. To get 10 for what you learn and how you behave," the minister said in his message.
