National minorities in Romania revisited

Educational policies and the protection of the linguistic (human) rights

Abstract

The paper provides a broad overview of the linguistic landscape of present-day Romania and of the official educational policies dealing with the protection of the linguistic rights of the persons belonging to the national minorities, in accordance with the international legislation. Comparing data from 1999 and 2013, the paper examines several components of the educational system for national minorities in Romania (types of tuition, the school network, teaching experiences by language of tuition, framework plans, curricula, textbooks, principles of assessment,
the training of the teaching staff, acquisition of L2) and points out both the undeniable achievements and the shortcomings.