How a dual education campus is taking shape in rural Romania

Non-profit BookLand started building last year a pre-university, dual-system campus in the village of Vultureşti, in southern Romania’s Argeş county. The campus will train pupils in various specializations, allowing them to work in industries ranging from hotels & restaurants to retail and food. More on how the project got off the ground and what it involves in this interview with Mihaela Petrovan, the founder and president of BookLand Association.

BookLand started as organizers of an urban book fair - hence its name - but it has since expanded its activity to renovating schools in rural areas. Now, it is building a campus for pupils in rural areas to train in the dual system, which is grounded in a public-private partnership where businesses identify training needs, which they provide in collaboration with the school.