Secondary education
Secondary education is a component part of compulsory general education and focuses on eight key areas of competence that determine the training profile of students, in order to familiarize them with a plural and transdisciplinary approach to the fields of knowledge.
It guarantees students access to culture, by developing the freedom to enhance their spiritual universe in order to access the values of national and universal culture.
Lower secondary or lower secondary education comprises grades V – VIII.
High school graduates obtain the graduation diploma, part of the educational portfolio, and the transcript, part of the educational portfolio.
- EN VIII: National Assessment of 8th Grade Students – Graduates of lower secondary education obtain a graduation diploma as part of the national assessment at the end of the 8th grade, part of the educational portfolio, and the transcript, part of the educational portfolio. The National Assessment for 8th grade students is a summative external assessment of the skills acquired during secondary education. The exam takes place, annually, in a single session. Both candidates from state and private education have the right to take the exam free of charge. More information about the assessment can be found here https://www.edu.ro/evaluarea-na%C8%9Bional%C4%83-elevilor-de-clasa-viii-en-viii.
- Assessment of students at the end of the sixth grade – The evaluation is organised at national level. More information about the assessment can be found here http://subiecte2020.edu.ro/2020/evaluari246/evaluarenationala6/modeleteste/.
Other relevant information:
Regulatory framework:
OM 4797- Intensive and bilingual regulation published in OJ 579 of 22.09.2017.pdf