The Necessity of a Pedagogical Reform in the Pre-university Education in Romania

The study analyzes the application context of the set of reforms in the pre-university education cycle in Romania, during the post-anti-communist revolution period of 1989. The paper underlines certain succesful achievements but also some critical aspects which shape new development perspectives for the future. The bottom line of the paper is represented by the some coordinates of an authentic pedagogical reform. This reform is achieved in the classroom and the other components of the reform become strategic elements of a pupil-oriented range of action. There is also a need to operate a clear-cut distiction between the mission of the compulsory preuniversity education and that of the non-compulsory pre-university education. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.