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24th April - Reuters - UK
Romanian children join the 'World's Biggest Lesson', World Record ...
This year, the slogan of Global Campaign for Education Action Week was „Education for all - stop exclusion!' This international movement aims to mobilize ...

23rd April - Nine O'Clock - Hungarian & Romanian Pupils
Traian Basescu criticizes discrimination in education
Attending 'The World's Biggest Lesson', the president said that 'one of the major errors in education is the segregation of Hungarian and Romanian pupils'.

Member Organisations GCE, Save the Children Romania; Ministry of Education, Research and Youth; School Inspectorate of Bucharest; Centre for Psycho-Pedagogical Assistance Bucharest; Centre for Educational Resources and Assistance Bucharest; Institute for Educational Sciences; Free Trade Union Federation in Education Romania; Centre for Education and Professional Development “Step by Step”; The “Education 2000+” Centre; Community Development Agency “Impreuna” together with National Network of Young Rromas.

What happened in Action Week 2008? Mr. Traian Basescu, the President of Romania, went back to school and participated in the World’s Biggest Lesson with 120 other participants including leaders of education and child welfare organisations, NGOs, teachers’ unions, international organisations, media, children and teachers. Students from over 300 educational institutions across Romania and from Save the Children’s Educational Centres in Bucharest took part in the World’s Biggest Lesson, amounting to 60,000 participants in total. Lessons were held in primary and secondary schools, in special educational institutions for disabled children and even in schools within re-education or detention facilities, from both urban and rural areas. Some schools held the lessons in different languages like English, French or Romanian or carried out the event in public places (squares or cultural  centres). The officials and the politicians were taught a lesson and promised to invest in education. It was a day  of hopes being granted, as one of the students said: “My wish is to learn in a school without violence, a school  with good teachers and quality resources!”