The need gave the general objective of the project-the presence of a motivational environment which could meet the needs of the disadvantaged students prevent bad school results and drop out. The direct causes offered the specific objectives-acquisition of new competences to apply improved curriculum in the teaching process by 30 teachers from the high schools involved in the project in order to improve their abilities to communicate, innovate and collaborate, to develop the students’ personal, social and professional abilities until the 20th month of the project; -acquisition of new competences to promote in-depth collaborative work in lessons and extracurricular activities and to create, develop and exercise competences such as solving problems, taking responsibility for finishing tasks and finding solutions by 200 students from the 6 high schools by the end of the 22th month of the project; developing understanding of multitude of different cultural differences held within Europe, from international - local - small groups - individual and recognition of differences&unifying elements in the context of the unique development of each country and the common development of Europe by 600 students from all the 6 school partners
We wanted to make our students think about the world and conditions which they live in. We wanted them prepared to help with the problems of Europe and the whole world an eager to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. LTCN was and is in constant need of a motivational school environment which could lead to better results and low drop out figures. The wide majority,85%, of our students comes from disadvantaged groups: religious and ethnic minorities - Gypsies, 411 commuters (their residence is in the countryside), parents leaving the country in order to work in foreign countries , becoming unwanted emigrants and rarely sending money to their almost abandoned children, orphans or in foster families, students with special educational needs. Our students lack knowledge when they come in the ninth grade and they lack the motivation to gain it. The direct causes of are the ABSENCE of some appealing extra curricular activities, student involvement in social causes and modern teaching strategies, the inexistent exchange of good practices between local schools, the high number of students in a class and missing general knowledge which leads to no student participation in classes which seem boring, tiring.