In four axes the bill for universities – Presented to the ministerial

Without her proposal for the new model of administration of the universities, the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos will present today to the cabinet the axes of the bill for the new framework operation of universities. This is because, as “K” has presented (sheet 18/3/2022), Megaro Maximou is said to have put a brake on the first plans of the ministry for the new model of administration of the universities, which includes the establishment of a Council in each institution.

The presentation of the management model is postponed for the next period, however within the year. Her information Everyday They say that Foundation Boards will be established, however their responsibilities, their composition and the role in the way of electing a rector, which will change, are under discussion. The latter is confirmed by an amendment of the Ministry of Education that extends the term of the current rectors, which expires on August 31.

In particular, the proposal that will be presented by Mrs. Κεραμέως in the cabinet will concern four axes: a) upgrading the quality of universities, b) strengthening the functionality of universities, c) promoting the connection of universities with society, and d) modernization of DOATAP. The minister has already presented the four axes at the Synod of Rectors and the parties. Specifically, the previous days the minister met with representatives of the Movement for Change (KINAL), the KKE and the Hellenic Solution.

Of course, the parties reacted, because the n / s was not presented to them, but only its axes and the intentions of the ministry for, for example, joint / double undergraduates between university departments, internal “Erasmus”, professional postgraduate, industrial doctorates , a new system of teacher selection and development. “With its attitude, the ministry devalues ​​and underestimates the dialogue process. In addition, despite the fact that the minister stated that in the n / s he will submit he will restore the Founding Councils, he refused to give any relevant information. “The note he gave is only an individual arrangement and while he is supposed to have been working on it for two years, it is not a n / s with any strategy in the direction of the necessary, as KINAL believes, restructuring of higher education”, the party said.

On the other hand, with an amendment of the Ministry of Education – until yesterday afternoon it was at the General Secretariat of the Government – the term of the rectors is extended (until the end of 2022), which ends on 31/8, at the Agricultural Universities, Peloponnese, Thessaly , Democritus, Ioannina, Piraeus, Macedonia, Aegean, Mediterranean and at the Technical University of Crete. As officials of the Ministry of Education reported yesterday to “K”, “the extension, if necessary, is given so that the emergence of the new rectory authorities can be done with the new system”. This means the establishment of Councils and their participation in the promotion of rector, and therefore not their direct election by the academics.

“Having repeatedly stressed that changes in education must be part of long-term planning and ensured by convergence and consensus, we find that unfortunately the current government is following a tactic that runs counter to these conditions. “This tactic demonstrates the Ministry of Education’s approach to changing the way governing bodies are elected in the absence of the university community, and is unacceptable, as, as we have seen in the past, it produces short-lived laws to the detriment of the smooth running of universities.” federation of university POSDEP.

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