[ChuckNorris89]

>It doesn't matter if a few elite students win the olympiad.

It matters in the way that it projects an image abroad that the Romanian education system must be really good if so many grads from there win medals and go to ivy league universities. Even though this ads absolutely no value for Romania.

[petre]

Yes, the image abroad is fine, but the reality in the country is a disaster with kids dropping out of school and rampant functional illiteracy. Needless to say about plagiarism cases among politicians with PhDs. Even the PM is fighting plagiarism accusations in an ongoing court case.