The immutable of intake system at HEI is the conundrum that preoccupies the government staff about its proposal to move to National Baccalaureatewith the simultaneous abolition of National Examinations in their current form. According to her Dailyits abolition is considered a given minimum import base.

The relevant national dialogue will begin around the end of November, with the aim of reaching the greatest possible political consensus. The Minister of Education Sophia Zacharakis speaking to ERT on Monday, he presented the main axes of the government’s proposal:

  • All promotional exam questions will be drawn from a bank of graded difficulty questions and will be accompanied by a grading guide. All bank issues will be available to everyone. The bank will be organized by the Institute for Education Policy.
  • An external panel of experienced raters will be organized to carry out sample checks.
  • The performance of all three high school classes will be taken into account in the grade of the National Baccalaureate.
  • Writings can now be digitized and stored in a repository.
  • Quarter grades may be “corrected” based on the final written performance to limit any arbitrariness of the oral examination.
  • An independent Examinations Authority will be established to supervise the examinations.