Challenges of denominational vocational education in the Partium

Abstract

Denominational and vocational education have been separated in Transylvania until recently. After the fall of communism, Hungarian-language ecclesiastical schools re-started occupying a special place in the Romanian educational market, their training offerings were limited exclusively to theoretical classes. 25 years after the foundation of our school the micro- and macro environment has changed, in the Transylvanian community the high quality Hungarian vocational education has been demanded, which has in the meantime been underwritten by the Hungarian State. The buildings, which are in the possession of the Church offer a trustworthy possibility for such infrastructural developments as well. The aim of the study is to outline some fundamental points of that change and to present them through the peculiarities of the Romanian educational system.