STRENGTHS
     National level
      Instruments of ensuring the quality in education, generally valid in all  schools; 
      Ministry of Education develop  programs/projects to ensure equity in education: 
              “School after school” 
           “The Second Chance”  program (students who exceed with 4 years class age) 
           “Money for High School Education” (students with hard financial situation from high schools) 
          “Euro200”  (all students with hard financial situation)
           “Scholarships for the students in Professional Education” (all students from vocational field); 
     County level
      Inspectorate strategy  of desegregation (ethnic criteria, social status, religion);
      Teachers’ interest in developing new abilities/skills through lifelong learning courses; 
     Institutional level
      Heads  who are interested  in developing the school management.
       WEAKNESSES
     Equity in education is not studied in schools;
     In schools there are no instruments of assessing if equity in education is ensured; 
     There are schools with a high level of absenteeism; 
     The risk of dropping out of school ( Romani ethnicity, students from
     foster homes, or students belonging to socially, financially, disadvantaged groups); 
     Occasional inefficient communication between schools – parents - local authorities; 
     Teacher's need to attend training course in areas like: social skills, how to be 
      confidence, how to be successful or how to be efficient, equity in education (there 
      are situations when  is difficult to integrate some students into the school 
      community : students with special educational requirements, gifted students, 
      students with behaviour or communication problems, repatriated pupils).
      OPPORTUNITIES
   Government support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or 
   minorities;
   The partnership between School Inspectorate and  “Lucian Blaga “ 
   University  of Sibiu is developing; 
   Increase  quality of social partnership between  the private companies  and 
   community support for educational system;
   Access to European grants;
   Possibility of exchanges good practice between schools/other educational 
   institutions from national/transnational level – this project for instance.
      THREATS
      Sometimes is little family/community involvement in school issues; 
      bullying is on the rise in Romania; 
      there are economic/financial discrepancies among students.
    Conclusion
     Applying  instruments to asses equity in education, head-
      teachers can develop management strategies to  increase  the 
      rate of student’s life success or  reduce  school leaving, 
      increase school integration, reduce bullying).