EDUC+ — Project launch

The "EDU-MAX" Association, in partnership with the "Patronatul Tehnologiei Informației" (Information Technology Employers' Association), announces the launch of the project "EDUC+ – Sustainable Education, Connected Schools", SMIS code 352235, funded through the Education and Employment Programme 2021–2027, under the call for proposals PEO/648/PEO_P8/OP4/ESO4.6 – AN EXTRA CHANCE THROUGH VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION – LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS.

General objective / Purpose of the project

The general objective of the project is to promote and support active participation and academic success in vocational and technical education, through an integrated set of educational, psychosocial and support measures addressed to 494 students, 96 parents/legal representatives/guardians and 20 teaching staff, in order to prevent and reduce school dropout and early school leaving.

Specific objective

ESO4.6 – Promoting equal access to and completion of quality and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including by facilitating learning mobility for all and accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Development region and duration

The project is implemented in the North-East development region (Bacău, Botoșani, Iași, Neamț, Suceava and Vaslui counties) over a period of 36 months, from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029.

Target group

The project's target group consists of 494 students, 96 parents/legal representatives/guardians and 20 teachers, residing in the North-East development region.

Main activities

• A0. Cross-cutting activity – Project management.
• A1. Informing, identifying, selecting, enrolling and monitoring the target group, including students at risk of dropping out of school or from disadvantaged groups.
• A2. Measures to facilitate access to vocational training programmes and to prevent and combat early school leaving in vocational and technical education.
• A3. Training of teaching staff in vocational and technical education, including dual education, in individualised learning and the use of innovative teaching techniques, including techniques for communicating effectively with students, adapted to the needs of disadvantaged groups and persons with disabilities.
• A4. Developing information and awareness programmes for the whole community, as well as support, counselling and parenting education programmes, focusing on parents of children from vulnerable groups (including people caring for children whose parents work abroad), to prevent and combat school dropout and early school leaving.
• A5. Developing and delivering remedial programmes to support mainly 9th-grade students in improving their competence in reading, mathematics and science (including catching up on material missed through absenteeism), with the support conditions needed to run the remedial programmes.

Financial support

The total value of the project is RON 6,957,490.40, 100% non-reimbursable funding from the European Social Fund Plus and the state budget, through the Education and Employment Programme 2021–2027.

Contact

For more information about the project, please contact us at proiectedumax@gmail.com. Contact person: IACOBAN Ioana-Diana, Project Manager.

Project website: educ.edu-max.eu

Project co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus through the Education and Employment Programme 2021–2027. The content of this material does not necessarily represent the official position of the European Union or of the Romanian Government.