“University exams can be conducted digitally” the Minister of Education, Religions and Sports emphasizes with an urgent interpretive circular to the Senates of the Higher Educational Institutions Kyriakos Pierrakakiswhile also requests the extraordinary convening of the Synod of Rectors on Monday, via video conference regarding the conduct of the educational process at universities.

Including, the circular states:

– The conduct of student exams, written and oral, is also permitted through electronic means (digital examination) by virtue of an express provision of the law, where not
it becomes possible to carry out the evaluation of the students or to use the A.E.I.’s infrastructure. for conducting the examination process.
– The above provisions stipulate that the specific issues of alternative evaluation methods are regulated in the internal regulations of A.E.I.if it has
issued, which, it should be noted, is issued by decision of the Senate following a proposal by the Rector

Given the fact that:

a) in some A.E.I. their operating regulations have not been issued,

b) there is reason to apply the substantive provision of article 65 par. 4 para. b of Law 4957/2022, i.e. the distance assessment of students because they take place
extraordinary conditions in the infrastructures of A.E.I., where it is not possible to live in the presence of the factors of the educational process for the conduct of the student
exams,
c) the Senate he’s got -powers herof the provision of para. kc of par. 4 of article 16 of Law 4957/2022- the authority to exercise any other authority related to
academic subjects of A.E.I, and

d) the Senate has -by virtue of the provision of par. 3 of article 223- the authority to issue decisions regulating matters of the Internal Regulation
Operating until this issuewe consider that the Senate, additionally taken into account : i) the provision of the article
64 par.4 for the extension of the semester by decision of the Senate only for reasons of force majeure and not for reasons of extraordinary circumstances, ii) the final exams are conducted after
the completion of the academic semester and, therefore, the time of the examination cannot coincide with the time of conducting semester courses and iii) that the
educational activities of one academic year cannot be transferred to the next, with the exception of the repeat examination, may take a decision, in accordance with the above conditions under items 6a-d, and take the necessary actions to carry out the evaluation of students by electronic means taking the necessary technical and organizational measures to implement the examination process with modern remote assessment methods, in order to ensure the personal data of those participating in the examination process, as well as the integrity of the process.

See the entire circular HERE