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The school was founded in 1833 by two patriot boyars: Iordache Otetelişanu and Constantin Lazaro. Its name was back then “The Lazaro- Otetelişanu Boarding School for girls” and it was the first high-level educational institution for girls in the Romanian Principalities.

The name of "Elena Cuza" was chosen in 1909 by the school’s principal- Smaranda Celarianu. Elena Cuza was Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s wife, the ruler who created the basis of the modern state through the unification of the Romanian Principalities. (January 24th 1859).

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·       Number of students: 1701

·       Number of classrooms: 62 (14 primary education classes, 12 gymnasium classes, 36 high school classes)

·       Number of teachers: 107

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The ’’Elena Cuza” National College, Craiova, covers an area of 8600 square feet, consisting of 5 buildings with 47 modern classrooms, equipped with appropriate teaching materials. The whole equipment is used entirely and efficiently for the students’ benefits. In the central building are grouped 19 classrooms for high school students, and 9 cabinets and laboratories. There are 13 classrooms in the front of the school where primary school students (in the morning), and those in gymnasium (in the afternoon) perform their activity. In this building classrooms, for "Step by Step" teaching, have recently been equipped with new furniture. In the school enclosure, there is, also, an older building body with 3 classrooms in which gymnasium students hold classes, and the two others halls are for the study by groups of students.

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Throughout its existence, the main objective of the school for its students has been learning a foreign language.

Our school has been a regional center for supporting students’ language certification for many years- French (DELF, DALF), German (DSD), and from 2014, for English (IELTS) as well.

The knowledge of foreign languages of international circulation is a foremost necessity for an European social dialogue and a good communication, on the whole.
Our school has specializations that provide this request:classes with bilingual and intensive teaching of modern languages: English, French, German and Spanish;

·       participation in European education programs (Comenius, Grundtvig, Study Visit, eTwinning);

·       participation in volunteer programs;

·       providing native speakers of English, French, Spanish and German to bilingual classes;

The school is also licensed as an ECDL Exam Center - students have the chance to obtain the European Computer Driving License.

We want to carry on the tradition of European projects, this involvement coming with benefits for both students and teachers.

Among the objectives and priorities of our school regarding the European activities, we can mention:

·       the improvement of foreign language teaching;

·       the development of teamwork skills;

·       exchange of linguistic and cultural knowledge with other partner countries;

·       the acquaintance with new information and communication technologies;

·       highlighting the role of the Internet in teaching and learning languages and other subjects.

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Educational projects carried out in last years

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Educational projects carried out in last years

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·       Bilingual French project with the French Embassy (baccalaureate by French system) - From bilingual education to French-speaking courses;

·       POSDRU ID81893 Project "Professional development in 3 steps - informing, counseling, practice", 2011-2014;

·       Portuguese and Chinese language club;

·       POSDRU Project 161 / 2.1 / G / 136067 TRAVAIL - Transition to active life;

·       Comenius Project with Poland;

·       Comenius Romania-Finland bilateral project - Nos traditions: source de  créativité et d’innovation;

·       Comenius Wanderung multilateral project Romania, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey;

·       ECDL Romania;

·       Organizer of the National Computer Contest "Future Starts Today";

·       eTwinning collaborative projects completed with National and European Quality Label (2017);

- European School Certificate (2008, 2011, 2014)