Children attending since Monday the "other school" program
For one week students will not attend classes but will have cultural extracurricular activities, sports, technical and volunteering. Absences will be listed in catalog at "behaviour" section.
Articol de Cristina Iliescu, 02 Aprilie 2012, 07:41
Since Monday, children will attend at the "other school" program - a week with no classes , but some activities will take place in various fields.
The program aims to involve students and teachers in non-formal education activities.
Week called "other school " is to held before spring vacation , represents an innovation in the structure of the ongoing school year.
This week, no classes will be held, it shall be held only extracurricular activities proposed by parents, students and teachers, cultural, technical , scientific, sporting, volunteering , health activities for environmental education, environmental protection , traffic education , fire preventing and others.
The purpose of this program, according to representatives of the ministry, is the involvement of all preschool children and students in various activities that meet their interests and to emphasize, finally, talents and abilities in different areas, not necessarily in the present national curriculum .
In the "other school" program , developed and organized by each school, will be included preschoolers, all students, all teachers not participating in the national phase of school Olympiads and competitions.
The presence of students in program activities is mandatory.
Their absence will be recorded in the catalog at "behaviour" section.
Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura
MTTLC, Bucharest University
