“Let’s not believe that passing the high-school finals only depends on the political class (…) Passing the high-school finals depends on a great deal of things, on the role models that the Romanian society has been promoting,” Isarescu said during the “Biggest players in the economy” conference, organized by Ziarul Financiar and PricewaterhouseCoopers Romania.
“Whom should these kids learn from? We’ve only brought out several groups of pathological liars who don’t even have the decency to admit they made money by a chance of transition.”
The governor’s words came as a reply to Ziarul Financiar’s editorial director Cristian Hostiuc’s suggestion that businesspeople should invest in private education even if it means establishing high schools to make sure they get skilled workforce in the future.