Four out of ten middle school children (41%) do not wish to go to high school, but prefer to get a job, work in the family business, or attend a qualification course, while about half of high school students spend more than an hour commuting to and from school, according to the World Vision Romania report "The Well-being of Children in Rural Areas," 2024.According to a World Vision press release on Thursday, the same study shows that two out of ten children (19%) in rural areas are never helped with their homework because they live in families where most adults have completed a maximum of eight years of schooling. Furthermore, 49% of parents report being dissatisfied with their children's academic progress over the past year.A total of 86 students from rural areas will be supported by the foundation, together with a European retail chain, to continue their education this year through the "Education for Well-being" project, part of the "I Want to Go to 9th Grade" programme.The main goal of the "Education for Well-being" project is to reduce the inequality of opportunities for students from disadvantaged communities, in order to continue their studies and reach their maximum potential for personal and professional development.In the 2023-2024 school year, 110 students from rural areas were supported to continue their studies and attend high school, while another 40 students entered specialisation internships within the "I Want to Go to 9th Grade" programme.The "Education for Well-being" project expands on the concept of previous projects implemented with the financial support of PEPCO. In addition to non-formal activities, individual sessions, workshops, and focus groups will be added to provide counseling on mental health and well-being, personal and sustainable development, alongside students' parents and teachers. Four summer schools will also be organised. (Photo:https://worldvision.ro/blog-media/media/)
The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and sculpture, to drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, fashion, books, albums, and more. It includes works by Henri […]
Over 136,000 non-EU citizens held residence permits for employment in Romania at the end of August this year, most of them coming from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Moldova, and India, and two out of three immigrants live in Bucharest, Ilfov, Constanța, Timiș, and Cluj, according to a study conducted by the Economic and Social Council. […]
Romanian prosecutors conducted house searches in 12 locations in Bucharest and two in Târgu Mureș on Wednesday, November 26, in a case targeting former employees of bankrupt insurer Euroins. Specifically, the searches targeted 10 individuals who held executive management positions within Euroins, as well as the headquarters of legal entities controlled by the Bulgarian shareholders […]
Prices in Bucharest’s premium residential market have doubled over the past few years, reaching record highs amid a severe shortage of supply in the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox said. Areas such as Primăverii, Kiseleff, Aviatorilor, and Dorobanți continue to dominate demand. Over the past 2 or 3 years, prices for premium […]
The Romanian Consulate in New York shared on social media the story of George Pomuț (George Pomutz, born Gheorghe Pomuț), the Romanian-American who facilitated the sale of Alaska to the US. Despite his role in US history, the Romanian is largely unknown today, the Consulate noted. Pomuț was born in the Hungarian town of Gyula, […]
Shares of Cris-Tim Family Holding (BVB: CFH) began trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 26 after an IPO worth RON 454.35 million (EUR 89.3 million) conducted last month. Cris-Tim is now the largest entrepreneurial company in the food sector on the BVB Main Market. The funds raised from institutional and over 8,000 retail […]
