Energy group’s Bucharest vocational school program attracts over 100 pupils

A total of 110 pupils entered the selection process for the 56 available places in the vocational, dual education program offered by energy group Engie in Bucharest. The program, which has a focus on the energy industry, trains technical-sanitary and gas installations plumbers. It is offered by the group in a partnership with the Mihai Bravu Technical College and the Hands Across Romania Association. This is the first year of the program. A total of 650 pupils were interested in the program and filled out a pre-enrollment form, while 112 submitted a registration file for admission to the college. Because the number of registrations exceeded the available places, a selection process was organized. This covered an interview and a written test in the Technological Education discipline, plus the GPA of the secondary school years (5

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grade) and the grade achieved at the national evaluation. A total of 52 boys and 4 girls were admitted on the available places, and the top spot was taken by a girl, with the grade of 7.66. Twenty of the pupils are from Bucharest, and 36 from nearby counties: Dâmbovița, Giurgiu and Călărași. The company also requested that four additional places be added to the program after the high grades obtained in the admission process. Within the program, pupils benefit from theoretical and practical training for three years. The school provides the theoretical training, while the company the human and financial resources needed for the practical training of the pupils enrolled in this form of education. Pupils can earn monthly scholarships of RON 500 (EUR 107), offered by the company, in addition to the RON 200 (EUR 43) scholarship offered by the state. The company also offers a merit scholarship of RON 200 monthly for good school results. The pupils can also have their transport expenses covered, within a monthly RON 140 (EUR 30) limit and food expenses covered throughout the duration of their practice activity. German group Bosch invests in educational center at Cluj factory French group supports first free coding school in Bucharest (Photo: Engie) editor@romania-insider.com