THE FIRST EDUCATION LAW IN ROMANIA AND THE EFFECTS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION
THE FIRST EDUCATION LAW IN ROMANIA AND THE EFFECTS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Summary/Abstract: In modern Romania, the legal protection of the right to education has played an important role in theactivity of government, parliament and political parties in general. A turning point in defining the nationaleducational policy was the elaboration of the Public Education Law in 1864. By expressing the ideal ofthe revolutionary generations of 1848, this law addressed the principle of free and compulsory primaryeducation. The progress of the Romanian society depended on applying this principle. On November 25,1864, Al. I. Cuza enacted the Public Education Law, the first law to provide a unitary learning system forboth principalities. The provisions of this law extended to both public and private educational institutionsand regulated education at all levels (Bârsănescu and Bârsănescu, 1978). The fundamental principles ofthis law are: unitary and mandatory character, gratuity, and as a premiere in our legislation, equal accessto education regardless of gender (Legea instrucţiunii publice, 1864, Art. 31).

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