Mitsotakis: Anyone who refuses to be evaluated has no place in the public education system

To Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports The Prime Minister was found, Kyriakos Mitsotakisin the presence of which a meeting was held with the leadership of the Ministry.

The prime minister during his posting, immediately after the meeting, referred, inter alia, to the process evaluation emphasizing:

“We discussed the course of teachers’ assessment and I think here we have to be honest that it is a new process, which has not yet brought the expected results. And here I want to be very clear, especially for the category of those teachers who refuse to be evaluated in principle. The clear direction I have given to the ministry is very clear: if one refuses to be evaluated in principle, it should not have a place in the public education system. “

Mr Mitsotakis elsewhere said suggestions for a reasonable decrease in matter. “I think we should deal more, and we discussed it with the minister, in the timetable, the quality and the amount of matter. And with satisfaction I heard that proposals are being considered by the Institute of Educational Policy for a reasons for a reduction of matter, so as to put more emphasis on quality and not quantity, “the prime minister said.

He then added that during today’s visit it was discussed “an issue that I believe is concerned with all parents and all the children who have to do with career orientation and how we can help children at a younger age. In the third high school, it may be the right one at that time to identify their slopes, their skills and their interests, so that we can direct them to their academic and professional future. “

The prime minister also referred to the policies that the government has undertaken for the bullyingthe platform Stopbullying which has already given some first measurable results, but also the significant reinforcement of school types that enable us to differentiate education according to the capabilities and directions of the ministry. “The Standard Schoolsthe Experimental schools and of course Public Onasses Schoolsthey would have examination next weekend, an important innovation with the funding of Onassis Foundation For a new type of public school, from which we really expect many useful lessons on how we can overall the operation of our schools.

Also to point out the important initiative, the program Marietta Giannakou For upgrading over 600 schools, the first of them will be delivered to students and teachers in September of this year. Therefore, there are many that have been done, but also many more, what needs to be done, “the prime minister said.

Zacharaki: We have placed special emphasis on adding a very important number of permanent staff

For her part, the Minister of Education, Sofia Zacharakimentioned among other things:

“Today we talked about primary and secondary education, general, special and professional. We have emphasized mainly the good preparation of the year, valuing how we have gone through these years. We have given particular emphasis on the addition of a very significant number of permanent staff, but also on the great innovations that have been implemented in recent years. We must not forget the additions that the new year will bring, but also improvements that have nothing to do with infrastructure, have to do with books, new curricula, all that can change the quality of education. “