The PNRAS project

The National Programme for Reducing Early School Leaving, carried out at Comăna de Jos Secondary School.

Comăna de Jos Secondary School was the beneficiary of a project financed through the National Programme for Reducing Early School Leaving (PNRAS), under Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Component C15 — Reform 3, Investment 4: support for schools at high risk of early school leaving.

Project data

Title: “Reducing early school leaving and improving the quality of education at Comăna de Jos Secondary School”
Registration code: F-PNRAS-1-2022-1009
Beneficiary: Comăna de Jos Secondary School
Value: 899,700.00 lei, awarded in full as a grant, with no co-financing from the school
Duration: 36 months, 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2025
Project manager: headmistress Moța Maria

The aims of the project

The general aim of the programme is to reduce early school leaving. At Comăna de Jos, the project pursued three objectives:

Lowering the risk of early school leaving among secondary pupils, through initial assessment, preventive activities and measures to improve attendance.
Better results in the national assessments and more pupils finishing secondary school, through the “School after School” programme and training courses for teaching and auxiliary staff.
A higher transition rate to upper secondary education and greater participation of school leavers in the National Assessment.

What the project did

Remedial and reading activities with pupils in years 5 to 8, outside the ordinary timetable.
Materials for pupils: exercise books, school supplies and hygiene kits.
A hot meal for the pupils taking part in the activities.
Educational trips and visits: workshops in Brașov, the National Bank of Romania, Brașov-Ghimbav Airport, the Upside-Down House at Avrig, Porumbacu de Sus, Rupea and Bunești Monastery.
A gazebo built in the yard of the school at Crihalma, for outdoor activities.

Photographs from the activities are in the Photo gallery.