The donation contract between the Greek State, the ALEXANDROS S. HONASSIS Public Benefit Foundation for the operation of the Public Volunteers, is introduced in the plenary.

The contract concerns the Integration of up to 22 existing public school units of Secondary Education (Gymnasiums and High Schools) into a single network of school unitswhich will be called “Public Onassis Schools” (DIM.).

Students of schools who will be abolished to become Onassis, ask in a letter to the Onassis Foundation not to proceed with the process, as they say “separate students and expel us from our schools”.

The donation covers, inter alia, the equipment and renovation of the network’s building infrastructure, as well as part of the operation of DIMOs, with total funding provided for up to € 160 million by the end of the school year 2036- 2037.

The mode of operation

DIM. They will be administratively subject to the relevant Director of Education, and will follow the schedule of model schoolswhich may be adapted by decision of the Minister of Education, on the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Public Volunteer Schools and the opinion of the Institute of Education Policy.

IN DIM.OS They will also operate “groups” and “sets”, whose attendance is mandatory for students, and are either cognitive areas such as mathematics, computer science, digital technology, environmental education, Greek and foreign literature, and . or the creation and interpretation of artistic works.

To 9 -member Governing Committee of public schools, which will, among other things, responsibility for the implementation of educational policy, the selection of the Director and the Network teachers, the recommendation to the Minister of Education for the pilot application to the network of alternative education systems, etc. 4 members proposed by the Foundation will be involved. The purpose of the network is defined as the “enhancement, upgrading and promotion of education and the public education system, in order to cultivate optimal educational methods, practices and tools, which in turn will be disseminated in the educational process”.

The teaching staff will be selected following a notice, by evaluating specific criteria and qualifications.

Students are selected by exams or skill test or by a combination of both.

Public Onassic Schools are not part of the “Network of Model Schools”, but constitute a parallel network of school units.

With amendment tabled by the Ministry of Education in the draft law:

—It is being locality criterion for the final classification of students in the Public Onassis schools at a rate ranging from 40% to 60%. of the total number of admissions of the relevant DIM.OOS. Locality will be determined on the basis of the students’ residence in relation to the headquarters of the Public School School in order to strengthen the areas around DIMOS.

-Pripted the introduction to the public Onassis schools for the younger siblings Students and pupils already attending the training units that will be converted to DIKS. The relevant arrangement, which will apply for the first two years, also applies to the experimental schools and provides for the possibility of admission of younger brothers, even if they have not achieved the required score, until the maximum number of students are completed.

-S teachers and the Deputy Directors of the Schools that will evolve into DIKS. can remain in their positions for two yearsby ensuring the organism of positions. They are allowed to remain after two years, provided the successful attendance of training programs. There is also a four -year transitional period so that directors, deputy directors and teaching staff acquire the increased qualification qualification qualification qualification in Information and Communication Technologies.

-By decision of the Minister of Education of Religious and Sports will be appointed By 17 February 2025 the time order that will operate all the new public schools.

Government: “We Promote Excellence in Education”

“A liberal government like ours, advocates the same opportunities and the opportunity for children who may come from areas with economic and social problems, have access to the best possible education that the state can provide. This central logic of equal opportunities runs the public education system horizontally, “said Deputy Minister of Education and Religions Zeta Makri during the processing phase of the bill to the relevant Parliamentary Committee. “We propose excellence in education, we want to cultivate modern skills,” the Deputy Minister of Education said, stressing that “the institution of the 22 Public Onassis Schools will give new impetus to the education field. These schools will be a key pillar of the strategic upgrading of the educational process, create a modern and open learning environment, make the most of students’ skills. “

“The first concern for us in the government and the New Democracy is to raise the educational level of all students in the country and especially those who want it even more, who want to have access to an even better school and who have the supplies to have This access, but they do not have the financial means, “said New Democracy rapporteur Yiannis Loverdos, and has emphasized that the private sector can offer much to both public education and public health.

Opposition objections

“Education must be a lever for social mobility and give more opportunities to children who grow up in more difficult economic environments, not equal opportunities, but most opportunities, which, in my opinion, is problematic in this bill “PASOK rapporteur Stefanos Parastatidis said.

Syriza’s special marketplace Popi Tsapanidou has emphasized that while the government is talking about “reformist jumps” and excellence, public education is collapsing, the overwhelming majority of schools are inappropriate, underfunding continues, as well.

“This is a Leonone Convention. A private entity, with the price of maintenance of certain few schools, finally imposes its own terms and rules on school operation, setting up to school curricula and books, “KKE Specialist John Delis has warned.

“Educational systems must ensure that all trainees have the opportunity to make use of their potential, regardless of their personal status or their family and social and economic background,” said Greek Sofia Asimakopoulou.

“On the pretext of the social character of the Onassis Schools, another institution is introduced that aims to reduce public and free education in practice,” the special market for the New Left Meropi Joufi has warned, with the position that the introduction of the entrance exams in This type of school, excludes children from vulnerable social groups and intensifies inequalities.

“The aim is to assign, in the first phase, of a section of public free secondary education to private contractors,” Spyros Tsironis Specialist Specialist Spyros Tsironis said, “Instead of making an effort to upgrade all schools At all levels, we still create models, in specific areas and for the few. “

“I deeply believe in the equation upwards and not to deny something that may help all children in the country. I hope in a promise, in a principle that such an initiative may be the beginning to correct things, “said the Special Court of Freedom Diamantis Karanastasis and described the SPA as a” important initiative “.

“We have embraced and voted for all the sponsorships wherever they came from. But in this case here the result is that it creates inequality, “said Ioannis Kontis’s specialist” Spartans “.