Education and Research Minister Anatolie Topala, at a today’s cabinet meeting, presented a draft decision which sees the increase in scholarships for pupils and students by 6.9 per cent.

 

Under the document, the quantum will be increased for the following categories of scholarships:  

 

- performance and special scholarships for gifted pupils from republican boarding schools specialized in arts and talented pupils from the 4th-9th forms of the National Choreography College;

 

- the education scholarships for the higher education students (cycle I, cycle II, integrated studies, medical and pharmaceutical education), pupils of the post-secondary and non-tertiary post-secondary vocational education.  

 

- the education scholarships provided to the secondary vocational education;

 

- education scholarships for the students of the higher education – cycle III (higher doctoral education), physicians residents, secondary clinical physicians, as well as post-doctoral students;   

 

- the scholarships (monthly balances) for pupils and students of education institutions from the military and public order sector;

 

- the merit scholarships for the higher education students (cycle I, cycle II, integrated studies, medical and pharmaceutical education) and the pupils of the post-secondary and non-tertiary post-secondary vocational education.

 

The increase is applied starting from January 2022. On the date of the decision’s entrance into force, the pupils/students are provided a supplement equal to the difference between the scholarship established according to the present decision and the scholarship paid for the period starting from 1 January 2022 till the entrance into force of the decision.  

 

The sum provided for to this end is of 17.4 million lei.