Alexandrion Foundation organised the third edition of The Sinaia Debates on 29 and 30 March 2019, at the New Montana Hotel. Over two days, experts sought answers and solutions to the crisis in education in Romania. The event was also attended by the Minister of Education.
The backbone of society is education. If we educate our people, we will see the results in the coming years in society, in our countries, in the economy, in technology and in science.
Stelios Savva, First Vice-President of Alexandrion Foundation
The event raised and analysed the problems of education in Romania, and national and international experts, from Romania and six other countries, tried to find solutions to the crisis facing this field.
“There is an international discussion about education. It is clear that, on the one hand, education must be adapted to this era of digitalisation, neuroscience, genetics and so on. On the other hand, education has fallen behind its duties. A crisis of education, in fact, has long been alleged. In our country things are more serious. Why? Mainly because of the migration of specialists,” said Prof. Dr. Andrei Marga, Vice-President of Alexandrion Foundation and moderator of the third edition.
In an intervention via Skype from New York, Nawaf Salameh, President and Founder of Alexandrion Foundation, raised the issue of the discrepancy between the courses offered by schools and the needs of the labour market: “Connecting the educational environment with the professional environment is vital”.
