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EDUCATION & HEALTH

Government creates a separate agency for schools in Ungheni district, taking over as founder from 2027

On 21 October, the Government approved the establishment of 34 territorial agencies for education, which take over schools from the district councils. Ungheni district gets its own agency, headquartered in the municipality of Ungheni, which becomes the founder of the primary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and special education institutions in the district from 1 January 2027. According to the draft decision, the agency will have 24 staff positions, compared with 26 in the district subdivisions being reorganized.

Ion Calmis·21 October 2026· News
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NATIONAL

46 schools in Ungheni district move to the state, with 72.5% of the district budget — public documents do not say whether the district gains or loses

Parliament voted the «Restart in Education» reform in second reading on Thursday, 3 September: from 1 January 2027, primary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and special education move from district councils to Territorial Agencies for Education, subordinated to the ministry. District education departments are abolished. In Ungheni district this means 46 institutions with 11,061 pupils, and the segment that leaves amounts to 335.5 million lei, that is 72.5% of the district budget. The Ministry of Finance calculated that 14 district councils gain from the reform and 18 lose — but it did not publish the list, and Ungheni is not among the examples named.

Ion Calmis·23 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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