The "Second Chance" program is addressed to adolescents, young people, adults, coming from diverse social backgrounds and with varied ages, who have not attended or have not completed primary and lower secondary education. The program offers these categories of people the possibility to continue and complete compulsory education without having to interrupt any professional or family activities they are engaged in.

The program is structured on two levels: Second Chance – primary education and Second Chance – lower secondary education – the latter also including a professional training component.

There is no upper age limit for those who wish to enroll in this program. The condition is that they have exceeded by at least 4 years the age corresponding to the class and who find themselves in the following situations:

For the Second Chance – primary education program:

• they have not participated at all in formal – school education;
• they were enrolled but abandoned primary education – regardless of the moment and reasons for abandonment;
• they have not graduated, by the age of 14, from primary education.

For the Second Chance – lower secondary education program:

• they have graduated from compulsory primary education (including in the Second Chance system) but have not continued their education further

or:

• they have completed part of the classes corresponding to lower secondary education (V, VI or VII), but abandoned school during this educational cycle – regardless of the moment and reasons for abandonment.

The Second Chance program is a flexible program, so as to motivate trainees and to lead them to complete it, to offer more autonomy to schools regarding its implementation, but also the necessary support to all involved, through teacher training programs and educational materials for both trainees and teaching staff. Through the program, innovative elements have been introduced in the educational process, such as: modular curriculum and a credit system for basic education, the evaluation, certification and recognition of the competences previously acquired by students, ensuring an individualized preparation program.

Enrollment in the Second Chance program can be done, every year, in two sessions: October and February.

Pupils enrolled in the program can have very different levels and expectations. The new program ensures a transparent offer of modules that students can attend to develop skills, as a result of participating in cooperative learning activities, in real contexts and with tasks and topics that meet their interests and needs.

Learning will take place in small groups (8-15 students in each class). Courses can take place after several schedule variants (during the week in the afternoon or evening, on Saturdays or during school holidays etc.) depending on the possibilities of the students and the teachers. Hours are planned for individual consultations available to the students.

The program has a flexible duration. The average schooling duration (2 years for primary education, respectively 4 years for lower secondary education) can be reduced for each student individually, depending on the proven competences, both in the field of basic education and professional training.

Graduates have the right to continue their studies, according to the law, as follows:

Graduates of the Second Chance Program - primary education can continue their studies in lower secondary education;

Graduates of the Second Chance Program - lower secondary education can continue their studies in upper secondary education (upper cycle of high school) or can undertake practical training stages, after which they have the possibility to obtain a Level 3 professional qualification certificate.

For young people in the program, the graduation certificate will not only represent a personal success, but the chance for another tomorrow.