ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Leadership in Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1662887
Quality education as a Sustainable Development Goal in the context of marginalized communities at the local level. A case study in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Provisionally accepted
- Faculty of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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This study focuses on SDG 4, "Quality Education", as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a specific emphasis on the educational challenges faced by a marginalized community in the city of Cluj-Napoca (Romania). The research aims to capture perceptions both within and outside of this community. For this, we first gathered opinions and needs through face-to-face interviews in the community. To address educational inequalities, the study also examines the city's population's awareness, tolerance, and receptivity towards integrating students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This was assessed using online questionnaires, which were statistically validated by correlating response content with quantitative data. Our results found that, generally, the people of Cluj-Napoca are tolerant and very tolerant towards students from the marginalized community. The study further analyzes the key factors affecting the education of children in the disadvantaged community and suggests solutions based on the collected insights for relevant authorities.
Keywords: Quality education, Sustainable development goal, marginalized community, informal settlements, tolerance, Cluj-Napoca
Received: 09 Jul 2025; Accepted: 26 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Muresan, Pachiu and Man. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Alina Gabriela Muresan, alina.muresan@ubbcluj.ro
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