In Issue of political and ethical class The opposition highlights the position of the former Secretary General of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Odysseus Zora, In place of the Rector in the Greek Branch of the University of Keele. University is one of the four institutions they received Operation of a non -state university in Greece. The (center -left) opposition believes that there is an informal incompatible, as Odysseus Zoras belonged to the ministry’s staff during the training of the law that broke the state “monopoly” in university education.
Opposition
“The road is close to the ministry at the private university,” his education chief said. PASOKStefanos Parastatidis. “When Mr. Zoras, formerly Secretary General of Higher Education, wrote the legislation for the establishment of private universities had acquaintances and collaborations extremely useful For himself and his professional future, “said PASOK’s executive for the Medical Professor. “He probably considers himself and his political environment, an unforgivable populism not to hurry to offer his services in a private structure as a highly paid services, as soon as he is rewarded by a government position that allowed him to determine the framework for his establishment and licensing,” he added.
In his announcement, the SYRIZA He argued that Odysseus Zora’s promotion to a non -state university is a “challenge not only for the educational community, but for the whole of Greek society”, stating that the professor “did what he was going through” to promote the law.
He spoke of “inappropriate plates of private interests” Rear Nassos Iliopoulos.
What does the government answer
‘Out of administrative reality’ Undersecretary of Education Nikos Papaioannou called the claim that Odysseus Zoras signed the law on non -state HEIs. “We all know that the law was the initiative of Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who was elaborated with leading constitutionalists – with the central role of the opinion of former PASOK President Evangelos Venizelos,” he said.
The Deputy Minister of Education added that The biography of the Medical Professor is recognized by the entire academic community. Odysseus Zoras has served as Rector of the University of Crete and President of the Hellenic Open University.
Nikos Papaioannou attacked PASOK for what Stefanos Parastatidis supported, saying: “PASOK, in his opposition, In addition to universities, you have now attacking the rectors. Whatever the reality has denied them many times – initially the CoE that would say unconstitutional the law, then the ETHAE, which would not be sufficiently independent and rigorous. But the upside -down happened from what they said at every level. They now discover that they have a problem with Ulysses Zora. Good luck in their opposition Odyssey. They will need it. “