Partnership
Mihai Eminescu National College, Baia Mare, Romania, the coordinating institution
( http://cneminescu.licee.edu.ro/) is situated in the NW of the country , in a region where the mining industry used to be the main economic industry developed in the area. Due to the recession following the closing down of mines, many people from the area became unemployed. Thus, the population of Maramures was dramatically affected by this situation and many parents left their homes for searching a job abroad. As a consequence many children remained with their grandparents and brothers or sisters. This situation had a negative impact upon their school results.
The staff of Mihai Eminescu National College, fully aware of the economic situation in the area, is trying to find the best solutions in order to help their students overcome the present day difficulties and raise the quality in education.
One of the paths taken is that of elaborating a strategy for involving it in European partnerships, meant to find answers to their problems by collaborating with schools from other countries faced with similar problems. The results of the work in European partnerships were recognized by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research by awarding it the title of European School 2004.
The new policy of the school is to involve more and more young teachers in such projects in order to help them improve their competences and teaching techniques with a direct impact upon the quality of education and for a better insertion on the labour market.
Another issue is that of trying to make parents become more active in supporting the school policy, for the benefit of their children and for raising the quality in education.
The staff of Mihai Eminescu National College, fully aware of the economic situation in the area, is trying to find the best solutions in order to help their students overcome the present day difficulties and raise the quality in education.
One of the paths taken is that of elaborating a strategy for involving it in European partnerships, meant to find answers to their problems by collaborating with schools from other countries faced with similar problems. The results of the work in European partnerships were recognized by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research by awarding it the title of European School 2004.
The new policy of the school is to involve more and more young teachers in such projects in order to help them improve their competences and teaching techniques with a direct impact upon the quality of education and for a better insertion on the labour market.
Another issue is that of trying to make parents become more active in supporting the school policy, for the benefit of their children and for raising the quality in education.
Kaiu Põhikool (Basic School) is situated in Rapla County, Estonia (http://www.kaiu.edu.ee/)
Kaiu is situated 65 km from our capital city Tallinn, to the south. It is a country settlement with about 700 hundred people. We live among picturesque forests, swamps and bogs where you can walk on specially built footpaths.
Our pupils are mostly from three different villages – Kaiu, Kuimetsa and Vahastu.
A school bus takes them who live far away to school and home– some live 25 km from school. Our students get free lunch at school, the state pays for it.
All our students are Estonians. We have only some families where one parent is from another nation.
We have a lot of out of school activities for our students – sport, folk dancing clubs, choirs, music school where they can play the piano and violin; a sport ground, a shooting gallery, and a swimming pool in summer. Our teachers organise theatre, museum visits and trips all over Estonia for the students but only a small group is interested or they simply do not have money.
Kaiu is a former big collective farm where most of the people were collective farmers. Now the collective farm does not exist any more people had to find work somewhere else. We have a small agricultural cooperation, a seaming, a labels making, a metal work and a truck companies. But all of them are very small enterprises and so many people have to find work further – in cities or abroad. A lot of educated people have moved away. Quite a lot of our students’ parents are not very much educated and do not care for the progress of their children or are unable to support them. We have unemployed and antisocial families.
Our pupils are mostly from three different villages – Kaiu, Kuimetsa and Vahastu.
A school bus takes them who live far away to school and home– some live 25 km from school. Our students get free lunch at school, the state pays for it.
All our students are Estonians. We have only some families where one parent is from another nation.
We have a lot of out of school activities for our students – sport, folk dancing clubs, choirs, music school where they can play the piano and violin; a sport ground, a shooting gallery, and a swimming pool in summer. Our teachers organise theatre, museum visits and trips all over Estonia for the students but only a small group is interested or they simply do not have money.
Kaiu is a former big collective farm where most of the people were collective farmers. Now the collective farm does not exist any more people had to find work somewhere else. We have a small agricultural cooperation, a seaming, a labels making, a metal work and a truck companies. But all of them are very small enterprises and so many people have to find work further – in cities or abroad. A lot of educated people have moved away. Quite a lot of our students’ parents are not very much educated and do not care for the progress of their children or are unable to support them. We have unemployed and antisocial families.
ÖZEL ÜFTADE LİSESİ, Uşak, Turkey, is situated in the province of Uşak which is on the highway between Ankara, the capital, and İzmir and it is at the passage point of the major three regions in Turkey: Mediterranean, Interior Anatolia and Agean region. Uşak still has a scene of an old and small Atatolian town with its old houses and some historical monuments such as bazaars, mosques, baths. Its population is around 150.000 and most of the inhabitants are immigrants from the different parts of Turkey and there are some Gypsies here.
Our instutition is located on the beautiful part of the highway which connects Uşak to İzmir and out of city’s urban area. It is on the way between Uşak Organised Industry Zone and city centre. It has got a green landscape and it is surrounded with forests. There is a campus of Kocatepe University ahead of our school.
Our school has got students of various cultures and abilities. Due to the fact that our school is a boarding school, 50% of our students are from neighbouring cities and regions.
There are also some students whose families have gone to European countries to earn their living. Some of those students have grown up in Europe and they have difficulty with the Turkish language. They have especially communication problems in lessons and with friends. But these students are very successful in foreign language lessons. The teachers provide extra assistance for them in the lessons and communication. We give these students some chances of involvement in school activities and facilitate thus the interaction with other students.
Our instutition is located on the beautiful part of the highway which connects Uşak to İzmir and out of city’s urban area. It is on the way between Uşak Organised Industry Zone and city centre. It has got a green landscape and it is surrounded with forests. There is a campus of Kocatepe University ahead of our school.
Our school has got students of various cultures and abilities. Due to the fact that our school is a boarding school, 50% of our students are from neighbouring cities and regions.
There are also some students whose families have gone to European countries to earn their living. Some of those students have grown up in Europe and they have difficulty with the Turkish language. They have especially communication problems in lessons and with friends. But these students are very successful in foreign language lessons. The teachers provide extra assistance for them in the lessons and communication. We give these students some chances of involvement in school activities and facilitate thus the interaction with other students.
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