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May, 2004

n How do you think most people who made a fortune in Romania succeeded in doing so?

NK/NA6%

work and personal

merit11%

by breaking the law57%

connections15%

luck8%

another way3%

Do you think that in Romania it is important to go to school in order to make money?

Yes45%

No51%

NK/NA4%

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May, 2004

n According to you, which is the most important thing for a school to be considered a good school?

But what do you think is most important in order for a teacher to be considered a good teacher?

5%

26%

36%

5%

2%

2%

2%

1%

1%

20%

Well-trained teachers

Good equipment

Good students, students' results

Fairness, honesty

Education provided for children, educatingstudents

Teachers who care, who do their job

To be able to get at job after graduation

Thoroughness

other

NK/NA

3%

3%

4%

4%

4%

4%

5%

23%

2%

10%

2%

17%

19%

Be well trained, prepared, skilled, competent, qualifiedBe a good educator, teach well, make him/herself

understoodBe involved, do his/her job, to care

Be honest, fair

Be authoritative, exigent, demanding

Be close to the children, love them, treat them well

Be well paid

To really teach children their three r's, students' results

Be understanding, indulgent, tolerant, patient

Have skills of communication with childrenTo love his/her job, to be passionate about it, to have

the callingother

NK/NA

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May, 2004

n Who do you believe is in charge of the school management?

According to you, who should decide what children learn in school?

[If Ministry of Education and somebody else] And who exactly?

Only the principle

35% Principle

and somebody

else59%

NK/NA6%

60%

41%

36%

35%

4%

7%

10%

3%

School employees

Local Council

Parents

Ministry of Education

Church

Companies

Other

NK/NAN=1295 respondents

Only the Ministry of Education

55%

Ministry of Education

and somebody

else38%

NK/NA7%

40%

25%

17%

16%

7%

3%

5%

10%

63

9%

Teachers

Parents

Each school individually

Civil society

Students

Local Council

Church

Companies

Other

NK/NAN=848 respondents

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May, 2004

n As far as you know, which is the current number of compulsory grades to be completed in the state education system?

What about the free of charge education (for which no tuition fee is paid)?

other remarks

1%

12 grades14%

NK/NA8%

9 grades5%

8 grades38%

10 grades34%

NK/NA22%

4 grades3%

12 grades31%

other remarks

1%

9 grades3%

8 grades25%

10 grades15%

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May, 2004

n How many grades do you believe should be compulsory?

How about the grades that should be free of charge (no tuition fee payable)?

other remarks

2%

12 grades48%

NK/NA7%

9 grades1%

8 grades18%

10 grades24%

NK/NA12%

all grades/including university

6%

12 grades53%

other remarks

3%

8 grades13%

10 grades13%

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May, 2004

n If you had a child who just graduated from the compulsory education (8 or 10 grades), what would you advise him/her to do out of the following?

Where to pursue his/her studies?

To pursue his/her studies

85%To start working

9%

NK/NA2%

I wouldn't give him/her any piece of

advice4%

high-school35%

vocational/apprentice

school (crafts and

trades)7%

NK/NA3%

post-secondary

school2%

university53%

N=1853

in the household

16%

in Romania, but not in

the household

49%

abroad27%

NK/NA8%

N=209

Where to work

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May, 2004

n Do you believe that kindergarten should be compulsory?

Do you agree with the existence of private education?

Yes87%

No10%

NK/NA3%

Yes46%

Yes, under

specific circumsta

nces9%

NK/NA6%

No39%

24%

18%

10%

4%

1%

24%

21%

Affordable tuition fees

Reliability/quality

To beaccredited/acknowedged

Compulsory standardsubject matters/rules as in

Provide jobs upongraduation

Other answers

NK/NAN=1821 respondents

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May, 2004

n Do you agree with the existence of private education at the following levels …?

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements...?

56%

51%

51%

48%

38%

38%

43%

43%

45%

55%

6%

7%

6%

6%

7%

compulsory education (elementary and secondarycycles)

vocational and apprentice schools (crafts andtrades schools)

high-school

kindergarten

university and post-graduate

NO YES NK/NA

Differences up to 100% stand for NK/NA.

16

13

1914

39

26

22

4

7

29

34

36 5

21

17

What is being taught inschools in Romania is

useful for the students intheir lives

Romanian education isbetter than the Western

education.

Education during thesocialist age was better

than it is nowadays

rather no not at all I rather agree I completely agree NK

Differences up to 100% stand for the NA

%

I completely disagree I rather disagree

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May, 2004

n According to you, over the past 14 years, in the Romanian education system there have been...

many changes

45%

very many changes

21%

a few changes

14%

NK15%

very few changes

5%

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May, 2004

n What should students learn first of all out of the following?

How much do you generally trust the professional training of...?

52

25

12

10

2

17

37

28

12

to be tidy

to observe therules

to co-operatewith other people

to beindependent

NK/NAFirst remark

Second remark

%

20

19

4

3

56

55

1

1 13

14 5

7

elementary schoolteachers

high-school andsecondary school

teachers

little very little not at all much very much NK

Differences up to 100% stand for the NA.

%

not at all very little little

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May, 2004

n For the same subject matter, do you believe there should be one single textbook or several textbooks out of which one is selected?

[If several] And who should select the textbook used in class?

There should be one single

textbook87%

There should be several

textbooks out of which one is selected

10%

NK/ cannot assess

3%

70

38

26

21

18

teacher

Ministry ofEducation

students

parents

school principle

%

N = 682 respondents

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Mai, 2004

n Do you believe that Romanian schools provide equal chances for all children or are there children who are disadvantaged?

[If there are] Who are these children?

3%

3%

4%

4%

4%

4%

5%

23%

2%

10%

2%

17%

19%

Be well trained, prepared, skilled, competent, qualifiedBe a good educator, teach well, make him/herself

understoodBe involved, do his/her job, to care

Be honest, fair

Be authoritative, exigent, demanding

Be close to the children, love them, treat them well

Be well paid

To really teach children their three r's, students' results

Be understanding, indulgent, tolerant, patient

Have skills of communication with childrenTo love his/her job, to be passionate about it, to have

the callingother

NK/NA

provide equal chances for all children

37%

there are children who

are disadvantage

d55%

NK/NA8%

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May, 2004

n But do you believe there are children who are being privileged at school?

[If there are any] Who are these privileged children?

No24%

Yes63%

NK/NA13%

72

8

7

3

1

1

5

8

5

4

0

0

Children of rich people

Teachers' relatives/children

Children of influential people

Bright children/ those who studyhard

Poor children

Other answers

First remark

Second remark

%

N = 1394 respondents

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May, 2004

n To what extent do you agree with the following statement: “a student can obtain good results only if he/she is tutored by a teacher against payment”?

to a great extent21%

to a very great extent

11%

to a small extent26%

NK12%

to a very small extent

30%