The first school in Romania, the Laude-Reut Educational Complex has signed a Partnership Agreement with the National Confederation for Female Entrepreneurship (CONAF) and the Oil and Gas Employers' Federation (FPPG), which introduces entrepreneurship as a compulsory subject in the school curriculum starting next year.
This approach is part of a broad project of CONAF and FPPG agreed with the Ministry of National Education, which will introduce entrepreneurship as an optional subject in state schools from 2020.
The initiative of the Laude-Reut Educational Complex is the first concrete measure promoted by the private sector to support the development of entrepreneurial skills among young people through new and creative ways of teaching and learning, starting from secondary school and continuing with higher education.
"The initiative of the Laude- Reut Complex is a salutary one, thus setting an example to other educational institutions in the country, whether state or private. We are happy that a reputed college with outstanding performance has understood the essence of our approach. Strengthening entrepreneurship education in schools and high schools will have a positive impact on the dynamism of entrepreneurship in our economy", says Cristina Chiriac, President of CONAF.
Tova Ben Nun-Cherbis, president of the Laude-Reut Complex, says:
"We are honored to be the first school included in the Pact for Entrepreneurship Education, we look forward to other schools to join us and to prepare together tomorrow's generations that will enter the job market for a better and more valuable future, developing their entrepreneurial skills through new and creative ways of teaching and learning starting from middle school"
"I believe in the importance of education at the individual level and at the level of the society in which we live. Education is the economic engine of a community and is the basis of sustainable economic development for the future. Great entrepreneurs have the opportunity to generate important changes in the social environment by creating wealth and jobs, which is the cornerstone of sustainable development for a changing society", believes Franck Neel, President of the FPPG.
The European Commission recognizes entrepreneurship education as a tool that can help young people to be more entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurship education is about how to develop a broad set of skills, applicable to all aspects of life, not just learning how to run a business or enterprise. It encompasses all forms of learning, education and training that contribute to creating an entrepreneurial mindset, skills and behavior, with or without a commercial objective.
