Almost half of the Romanian students surveyed in a study conducted by Save the Children Romania and the Bucharest City Educational Resources and Assistance Centre (CMBRAE) have an optimistic view of their professional future (45.2%), while the majority of the others (46.4% of the sample) fall into a category of uncertainty or moderate optimism.According to a press release from Save the Children sent on Tuesday, just over five percent (5.4%) are pessimistic and almost 3% do not have a clear impression about this aspect.Regarding the people they trust for guidance in choosing their careers, the responses in the survey conducted between September 30 and October 13, 2024, among 7th and 11th-grade students from selected educational institutions for the pilot phase of the career orientation and counseling project "What's next?," organised by Save the Children and CMBRAE, confirm the high degree of trust placed in parents for exploring personal inclinations and abilities. A percentage of 74.7% of respondents believe that parents help them to a large or very large extent in this direction. Following them, with a significant difference, are digital resources and applications (45.8%) and teachers of preferred subjects (41.4%).The survey also reveals that nearly two out of five students (38.5%), although they have heard of career orientation and counseling, say they have not participated in such activities, and less than a quarter of the respondents indicated that they had previous experience in this field.Two-thirds of students (66.3%) would be willing to dedicate at least two hours per month to participate in career counseling and guidance activities.Among the specialists at the school level, the most frequently mentioned interlocutors are the school counselors, followed by class teachers with a small difference. On the other hand, the percentage of those who have discussed these topics with other teachers from the school is relatively high.Regarding the difficulties students face when choosing a career, the fear of failure is ranked first - 67.9%, followed by uncertainty about the future - 54%.Save the Children and CMBRAE are running, with the support of a bank, the pilot project of vocational orientation and career counseling "What's next?" in the 2024-2025 school year, whose goal is to contribute to ensuring access for students in Bucharest to a quality career counseling and orientation process by training specialists and developing modern tools for informing students/parents/specialists, ensuring that students have an academic and professional path adapted to each one's potential.
The 16th edition of Les Films de Cannes, the festival showcasing productions awarded or selected at the Cannes film festival, returns this fall to Bucharest and four other cities in the country. The winner of this year's Palme d'Or, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, will be screened at the event, as will be […]
Răsvan Angheluţă Natural Sciences Museum in Galaţi is scheduled to reopen on September 20, after the completion of modernization works worth over 15.1 million lei (approximately EUR 3 million) carried out by the County Council through the recovery and resilience facility PNRR. The building hosts an Aquarium, an Astronomical Observatory, a Planetarium, and temporary exhibitions. […]
A team of Romanian paramedics won first place at the World Rescue Challenge 2025, a competition that sees first responders and trauma teams from around the world develop new skills and share knowledge. This year, the competition took place in Karlovac, Croatia, and was attended by two Romanian paramedics from Bucharest who have been working […]
Artmark, one of Romania’s leading auction houses, registered record sales of over EUR 15 million despite economic instability, showing the growth potential of the national art market, according to the company’s 2024-2025 market report. Overall, auction sales totaled EUR 11 million, up 8.2% compared to the previous year, while sales through the “Dependent de Artă” […]
Cybersecurity has become a major global priority, impacting individual users, companies, organizations, and public institutions. Social engineering, deepfakes, digital manipulation, and coordinated geopolitical attacks are fundamentally reshaping how we view the digital future. In this context, DefCamp, the largest cybersecurity and hacking conference in Central and Eastern Europe, reaffirms its role as a strategic hub […]
Romanian airline AnimaWings has received its fifth Airbus aircraft, an A220-300, as part of an ambitious expansion plan to build a fleet of 18 planes by the end of 2027, valued at over USD 1 billion. The A220-300 is the airline’s third of this type and will serve both domestic and international routes. Configured with […]
