4. Caraula term comes from Slavic and
means: security, guard, sentinel
The name comes from the nearby hill
where was installed a guard post
Village existence is documented under
that name since 1597.
It is proved by the archeological
findings that the commune of Caraula
is sitting on the same heart since the
first half of XIXth century, near 1820.
5. Nowadays the number of families
and residents is as follows: 1200
families, 2340 inhabitants. Of these
160 families have a rrom ethnicity
with 750 habitants.
The inhabitants of the commun
are dealing with agriculture and
its various branches: raising
animals and birds , gardening
and wine growing
14. The school from Caraula start operating since 1842 .
The documents attest that since 1848 there is a local school
with two classrooms and an office
The school has worked with several interruptions caused by
historical events and the building burned and was rebuilt
and repaired several times.
The current local was built between 1910-1912 and added
since 1970 five more classrooms, completed in 1974
22. Nowadays the school from Caraula has 8
classrooms, 3 laboratories, 1 teachers’
office, 1 secretary and school manager
office, 1 room for food and 1 library, a gym.
297 students and 30 teachers are carrying
on here. Of these, 163 students are enrolled
in primary education, and 134 in the
gymnasium.
In this place operates 8 grades for primary
school and 7 classes for secondary school
29. The teaching staff maintains a high level of
professional competence and didactic
exigency. In our school 30 teachers carry
out their activities. Their current
activity is completed with a long series of
scientific, cultural and sport activities in
which there are involved most of the pupils
and whose main aim is the harmonious
accomplishment of the students’
physical, intellectual and moral profile.
36. In order to keep our national folklore alive, our school
has developed different educational partnerships
with schools in urban and rural areas
The school offers equal opportunities to all the
students, regardless of ethnicity or religion, provides
cooperation between ethnic groups , promotes
tolerance and tends to satisfy every student’s needs, in
order to guide him/her to change and respect
democratic values, to personally state him/herself in an
inclusive background.
Constantly maintaining the balance between
tradition and modernity, pupils and
teachers, together with all the partners in children
education, try to contribute to the increase of the
prestige of our school inside the community.
37. partnership with the Humanitarian
Foundation "Terre des Hommes"
"Holiday in my community," it tried
to persuade students dropout in
the position to realize the
importance of education act their
subsequent social formation.
