The Minister of Internal Affairs Kyriakos Pierrakakis delivered a message after the announcement of the admission bases for Higher Education and SAEK.

Mr. Pierrakakis, after congratulating all those who saw the efforts of years being rewarded, achieving their goals, emphasized: “You have every reason to smile today, together with the teachers and friends who traveled this path, but also with your families who with sacrifices they supported this effort of yours. Supporting your academic – now – path through the support of the public university is a priority for us.”

Then the minister said that he wants to make a separate reference for the candidates who, through the parallel computer program, start their course at the Schools of Higher Vocational Training – the so-called IEK until recently. “For all of us at the Ministry of Education, Religion and Sports, your choice is a vote of confidence in our strategy to upgrade Vocational Education and Training and, at the same time, the biggest motivation to implement everything we have committed to, in order to live up to your expectations ».

Mr. Pierrakakis also addressed the children who today did not see next to their name the school or department they would like. “This fact in no way diminishes either your effort or the ability to shape your future as you have imagined it. There will be many opportunities and it is always up to you to take advantage of them,” he stressed.

Concluding his statement, the Minister of Education stated that “certainly, during the school year, today was the end of a journey for everyone. Regardless of whether you achieved your goal today, you will soon find that today is a starting point – not an ending. Starting point for the first steps of your adult life, starting point of a path that includes much more than today’s results. The future now begins to unfold before you. You are the authors of your future. Believe in yourself, spread your wings, claim your dreams.”