The aim of the Francisc Neuman Vocational School is to assure access to education to all young people and to promote an educational offer for which there are many opportunities on the labour market. Francisc Neuman Vocational School prepares 684 students aged between 14 to 19 years.

The trainings provided by the school can be described as follow:  

1. High-School (day-classes and evening classes): - Technological Branch

a. Technical Profile for the following qualifications (Technician in the clothes design domain and Technician in the textile industry domain)

 

b. Exploitation of natural resources and environment protection profile for Chemist technician for laboratory qualification

c. Services Profile for Technician for acquisition and contracts Qualification
 

2. Vocational school in the following domains: Textile and leather industry, Aesthetics and human body hygiene

The trainees of the Vocational School Francisc Neuman Arad (most of them, aprox 50%), proceed from poor families of the rural area, with low income or even jobless. The access to primary and basic high-school education in Romania is both compulsory and free of charge (up to the 10th year of education at age 16). However, even if the families are exempted to pay school taxes in the period of compulsory education, there are additional costs that low-income families cannot afford (e.g. clothes, shoes, stationery, alternative books, transport, etc.). In many cases, the poorer families cannot  afford the additional expenses of their childs education and some children suffer, and are forced to abandon the school. After the 10th year of education, the schools charge the fees for books and stationery, which further discourages lower-income families from sending their children to attend school. The children of single parents suffer emotional and behavioural problems and experience feelings of loss and anger. 
 

In the same time, the number of children whose parents work abroad is increasing, and Francisc Neuman Vocational School have also a large amount (aprox 10-15%) of pupils left home alone by their parents. Some of these students develop behavioural problems that make them easy victims of abuse or delinquency. The lack of parental care/guidance has in some cases negative effects resulting in school abandon and social problems.
 
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