2025

New continuous training programme for teachers of Gagauz language in kindergartens

A continuous training programme for teachers teaching Gagauz language in early childhood education institutions from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia was launched. Thus, between June and September 2025, 74 teachers from 56 kindergartens in the region benefited from training. The Ministry of Education and Research supports the implementation of the programme through funding of 290,080 lei (14,696 euros*), thus ensuring free access to training and professional support.

2024

This year, the Ministry of Education and Research has introduced a series of national reforms in early childhood education, focusing on teacher training, expanding nursery services, and reducing administrative burdens in preschool institutions: 

• Expansion of the "Investing in Teachers" National Programme to Kindergartens – the Ministry of Education and Research has announced the extension of the "Investing in Teachers" National Programme to preschool institutions. Over 2,000 educators will benefit from training sessions, with approximately 6 million lei allocated from the state budget. Participants will receive free training, accredited with 10 professional credits in the Psycho-pedagogy module.
• Approval of the List of Kindergartens with Nursery Groups in 15 Localities – a new project, implemented by the World Bank in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Research and the National Office for Regional and Local Development (ONDRL), will establish nursery groups in selected kindergartens across 15 localities.
• Reduction of Bureaucracy in Early Childhood Education – the Ministry of Education and Research has continued its efforts to streamline administrative processes in early education. As part of this initiative, the ministry revised the Nomenclature of Documentation and Reporting in Early Education, eliminating 9 report templates, 3 planning documents, 5 record-keeping registers, and 10 folders/portfolios previously required from kindergarten managers, educators, and non-teaching staff.

2023

In 2023, the Republic of Moldova implemented several important reforms in the field of early childhood education, aiming at fair, transparent financing and reduction of bureaucracy of processes in early education institutions.

An important reform aimed at initiating the process of developing the financing formula for early childhood education institutions and their transition to financial self-management. In this sense, the following documents were developed: the draft Law on granting the right to early education institutions to switch to financial self-management, the draft Regulation of early childhood education institutions to financial self-management and the draft Government Decision on its approval, the Instruction regarding the registration the early education institution for financial self-management as a legal entity. Also, the "Grădinița.MEC.2023" study was carried out on the status, network, infrastructure and budget of the early childhood education institution, and the Staff Norms for early childhood education institutions were finalised and estimated. 

To reduce bureaucracy in the documentation and reporting process in early childhood education institutions, the Nomenclature of documents and reports has been revised.

In the context of the amendment of Article 20 of the Education Code, the Framework Regulation for the organisation and operation of early education institutions was revised. 

In order to strengthen the capacities of methodologists in early education institutions, work continued on the elaboration of the Guide on the organisation of methodical activity in the early childhood education institution (Source: Annual Report: Education, Youth, Sport 2023).