And then the political scientist took the Educated Romania dossier and wiped Iohannis with it, writes János Szántai in Főtér.
Of course not specifically. And very elegantly. This is exactly why the president who has been waving the big plan around for many years can hurt.
There is, isn't it, the master plan that Klaus Ionopotchivanoc Iohannis, the pseudo-minority state president, came up with eight years ago: Educated Romania. In other words, there will be major educational reforms, educated people who will build the country in an educated manner. We also wrote about the ability to train qualified people (this is also a hat-trick) in a country where the ministers of public education change every year on average.
Well, these eight years somehow passed and now what happened was that political science professor Cristian Preda (former presidential advisor, member of the European Parliament) was asked in a TV studio whether Romania has become more educated in the eight years since Mr. Iohannis has been president of the state (and the the intellectual father of the mentioned master plan).
The short answer was an absolutely depressing (and enveloping) no.
But the longer answer is not very reassuring either: according to Mr. Preda, Iohannis has not managed to find partners in the university sphere, nor in lyceums or other schools, in order to implement the widely announced educational changes. Of course, it is accepted everywhere because people are polite, but the dissatisfaction is huge. And the reason is that basically no one understands what Iohannis wants, the report published seven years after the announcement is a kind of bureaucratic, foggy text that is practically unintelligible.
At the same time, Mr. Preda drew attention to the snail's pace that characterizes any educational reform in Romania. Yes, it took seven years to prepare the report of the Educated Romania program with great difficulty. Then Iohannis promised: within three months, the public education law with reforms will land on the government's table. And a year and a half has passed since then.
If we add to this the absolutely sterile and bureaucratic communication style of the good president and his people, no one should be surprised if the academic and school elite just stand there and stare, because they don't know what the "poet" wants to say.
It is true that Klaus Iohannis is currently in Greece (on a working visit, of course), but it is certain that his advisers will give him Cristian Preda's slap message. The big question is how he will answer it. Probably nothing. The other question is, will the bureaucratic fog engulfing Educated Romania be somewhat cleared? Based on the past eight years, probably not. Congratulations, Mr. President!
