Daniel David, after advising him to get the students dissatisfied with the cutting of the scholarships part-time: “I did not work in college, my parents said”

The Minister of Education and Research, Daniel David, comes with explanations after the statement made in Timisoara, where he told a student worried about cutting the scholarships that, if he were in his place, he would think of taking a part-time job. Invited to Gojira's podcast, the minister acknowledged that he did not work during the faculty because he was supported by his parents.

• “I do not want to upset you, but somehow I would think about taking a part-time job,” Daniel David, talking about the reduction of students, on Tuesday, at the National Alliance Forum of Student Organizations (ANOSR) told students.

Subsequently invited to Gojira's podcast, Daniel David insisted that the recommendation made in Timisoara was not a “system solution”, but a personal perspective.

“I said clearly that the system measure is the return to the scholarship fund after this fiscal-budgetary period. I have mentioned three things: to ask for support for the faculty, to get involved in research projects and, as the third variant, to look for a part-time job. I said that this is the case,” explained the minister.

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The podcast moderator, Gojira, replied that “the socio-economic realities in Romania do not overlap with those in the West, where students have more employment opportunities”. “Right, but I said I would do it,” David replied.

Asked directly by the moderator if he ever had a job during the faculty, the Minister of Education said he was financially supported by his parents: “I was not employed in college. I did not need a part-time job because I was supported by the parents.”

How many students will remain without scholarships

Student organizations have warned that over 44,000 young people will lose the scholarships following the new law, although the impact on the budget deficit is estimated at only 0.2%. ANOSR asks the Government to provide scholarships 12 months a year, to increase the fund and to reinclude the students from the tax in the support scheme.

Protests took place in Timisoara, where the students demanded “an open and based dialogue on real data”, stressing that many universities emphasize presence, which makes it difficult to engage in Romania.