The outgoing Minister of Education has taken place that there have been 132 applications for foreign universities for partnerships with public Greek universities. Kyriakos Pierrakakisin tradition to his successor Sofia Zacharakis.

Among them are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Boston University, Imperial and other very important universities. At the same time, it also announced fiscal support of 20m euros in Greek universities.

Outgoing Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said: “Ladies and gentlemen, I will miss everything. People, challenges, endless nights, critical decisions. Because often the third floor lights were lit, as you know, until dawn, so that each step is solid and have durability. I’m standing up some things.

We made 10,000 permanent teacher appointments. Sofia (addressed to the new Minister of Education S. Zacharakis), from my new position I promise to do the most to continue this good tradition of permanent appointments and the reduction of the number of alternates. We have changed the Rules of Procedure in schools.

The ban on mobile phones was neither easy nor simple decision. But it succeeded. And he succeeded because he was embraced by teachers, parents and the students themselves.

We have made comprehensive policies to tackle school bullying. We have created the platform for parents and students’ reports, the committees that are considering the most difficult cases. We have doubled the number of psychologists and social workers in schools.

We have operated the digital tutorial that helped to “overthrow” the walls of exclusion for those children living in remote areas, children with disabilities or children whose families are not able to pay for reinforcement courses. In recent weeks, the digital tutorial has been increasing 500% traffic showing how many pupils of the third high school need it to prepare for nationwide exams. To say we are with them and that we wish them every success.

We have devoted many hours of work to the 22 -day schools, 12 of which will operate in September in areas with social and economic challenges that will give students the opportunity to access a future education. We fought for the International Bachelor’s Degree in Standard Schools and not only, as you saw in many more. The plans were to start with five schools from 2026. It is already 13. We hope there will be even more. “