Moldovan Education Ministry launches new package of measures to reduce bureaucracy in education system

The Education and Research Ministry today announced the launch of a new package of measures to reduce bureaucracy in the education system, which is to be implemented throughout 2026. The initiative comes in response to proposals from teachers, headmasters, trade unions and professional organizations, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and enhancing the autonomy of teaching staff.

At a conference, Education Minister Dan Perciun emphasized that, in the last four years, more than 10,000 teaching plans had been made available to teachers, thereby saving hundreds of thousands of working hours. In addition, the accreditation of institutions through ANACER has been eliminated and the list of mandatory documents for schools has been reduced. The frequency of evaluations for teachers and headmasters has been extended, in order to ease the administrative pressure on teachers.

“The Education and Research Ministry (MEC) is a strong supporter of this process. We firmly believe that our teachers must have as much time as possible to spend directly working with children, while the administrative burden should be as low as possible. We are proceeding on the basis of trust in the competence of the teacher and the school headmaster, not on trying to document, regulate and monitor every step,” said Dan Perciun.

Among the main measures announced for 2026, there are:

Permanentization of teaching degrees: Teachers will no longer have to reconfirm their professional degrees every five years. Degree II will become permanent after two confirmations, and Degree I after just one.

Remote work during school holidays: Teaching staff will be able to work from home during school holidays, being required to be physically present at school only at headmaster’s request.

Mandatory electronic gradebook: Starting 1 September 2026, all schools will use the electronic gradebook exclusively, abandoning paper registers.

Simplified pupils’ transfer: Transfers between schools will be managed directly by headmasters, without physical files submitted by parents.

The new package aims to reduce bureaucracy in the education system, giving teachers more time for teaching activities and easing administrative pressure, said Secretary of State at MEC Valentina Olaru.

“The new de-bureaucratization package includes an important set of changes meant to reduce the amount of paperwork in the education system, provide more time for interaction with students, and lessen the pressure on teaching staff. These changes concern recently approved regulations, regulations currently under approval, as well as others the ones which are to be amended in the immediate future,” noted Valentina Olaru.

The education system of Moldova comprises 1,173 schools, including primary, lower secondary and upper secondary institutions, which provide education for pupils from all over the country. More than 334,000 pupils are enrolled at these schools and teaching activities are carried out by about 26,000 teachers.