PHOTO // Better conditions for students of Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University of Moldova: dormitory modernized with World Bank's support

More than 200 students of the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University from Chisinau will benefit from better living conditions after one of the institution’s dormitories has been renovated and equipped with modern furniture and equipment, following an investment of 1.8 million euros. The works were carried out with the support of the World Bank, within the Higher Education in Moldova Project, implemented by the Education and Research Ministry (MEC).

The dormitory is located on Suceava Street from Chisinau and is organized into apartments consisting of two or three rooms, accommodating 2–3 students. Each apartment has its own bathroom and a furnished kitchen equipped with a refrigerator and induction hob. The building is accessible to people with physical disabilities and is equipped with an access ramp, a vertical elevator and adapted rooms. Students will be able to move into the new dormitory starting from September 1.

Present at the inauguration event, Education and Research Minister Dan Perciun said that this project was an example of how student dormitories should look.

The minister also said that, by 2030, 19 student dormitories are to be fully renovated, with 30 million euros already identified for the works. “This means that, by the end of this decade, we will have around 5,000 accommodation places at such standards,” Dan Perciun emphasized.

The rector of the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University, Alexandra Barbaneagra, noted that the capital renovation of the dormitory represented a strategic investment in improving students’ quality of life, not only by creating modern conditions for performance and well-being, but also by setting a new standard of comfort, accessibility and quality for the university’s community.

“The World Bank reaffirms its commitment to continue supporting the modernization of student infrastructure and to extend these investments to other university dormitories. We believe that each student deserves dignified conditions for study and living,” said Ion Gonta, education economist at the World Bank.

Attending the event, Sergiu Harea, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and coordinator of the Project, referred to the importance of investments in developing the national education system in line with current labor market requirements. “Investment in education is an investment in the country’s future,” said Sergiu Harea.

According to MEC’s data, over the next three years, under the Higher Education in Moldova Project financed by the World Bank, another seven dormitories of Moldova will undergo capital renovation and will be endowed with modern furniture and equipment.