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More than 15,000 Romanian education workers have called off the strike. Over 50% of all teachers are still protesting

More than 15,000 education workers have called off the strike after the adoption of the ordinance providing for pay increases, Education Minister Ligia Deca said today after meeting with representatives of unions, students and parents. The minister said she was convinced on Tuesday, after meeting education unionists, students and parents representatives, that they understood "very well" the importance of maintaining the announced timetable for national exams.

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"We have to understand that for things to stay on track we have to meet in the middle, we have to get to a point where we all put students first. (...) I am convinced that all those present at the meeting understood very well the importance of staying within the announced timetable for the national exams," Deca told a press conference.

The minister said that the dialogue with the unions would continue, with the first meeting on the Collective Labour Agreement to be held on Wednesday.

Education unions are demanding higher salaries from the authorities, while students are asking for higher scholarships, free transport and a hot meal.

The timetable for the national exams remains unchanged for now. In the meantime, if teachers do not return to school, the national test timetable will be changed, with "extensions and rescheduling of tests", the education minister announced.

Some 183,000 8th graders are due to take the National Assessment and 142,000 students the Baccalaureate.

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