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Romania Primary Education
As of the late 1980s, compulsory education began at age
six and
concluded at sixteen. Despite considerable differences in
quality
between rural and urban schools, the first four years were
fairly
standard for all students and consisted of a general
program taught
by teachers trained in three-year pedagogical institutes.
As part
of the de-Sovietization program, compulsory study of
Russian had
been dropped, and the traditional Soviet five-point
marking system
had been replaced with a ten-point system. Many students
did study
foreign languages, however, usually beginning in the fifth
grade.
English and French were the most popular choices. In
grades five
through eight, students began to specialize and were
encouraged to
start learning trades. Teachers for students at this level
were
primarily university-trained.
Data as of July 1989
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