“We are talking about a significant clearance of the lists of inactive students, even since the 50’s and ’60s”
Meeting for public universities took place at the Maximus Mansion under the chair of Prime Minister Kyriakou Mitsotakis With the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports.
Government sources report that new legislation was presented during the meeting which will provide the Old students who have proven to try to complete their studies one last chance to get their degree.
Specifically, the proposed arrangement stipulates that old students who have completed at least 75% of their curriculum units and have successfully participated in at least two examinations of the last two academic years, They will have the right to extend their attendance for up to two additional semesters. In cases where practical, undergraduate or thesis is required, the extension may be three semesters.
It is estimated that the arrangement concerns more than 35,000 old but active students.
In addition to this category, it was reaffirmed that inactive four-year students would be deleted next September who had already exceeded the duration of their programs in the year 2021-22, as the four-year grace period that was given was soon expiring.
As noted, there are currently students who were enrolled in the 1930s, while the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are tens of thousands.
In this way, among other things, the performance of Greek universities will be improved in many qualitative indicators, as people who seem to be unable to graduate for many years, while releasing administrative staff.
The meeting also examined the final provisions to be made in public consultation on the further shielding of security in public institutions, with the extent to the establishment of a mechanism for imposing criminal and disciplinary sanctions within clear time limits, the enhancement of accountability and the utilization of technology.
The prime minister spoke of reform which essentially concerns a significant clearance of the catalogs of studentmany of whom are registered in the lists of public universities in the 1950s and 60s.
“This clearance of universities lists will have very significant benefits to the qualitative characteristics of universities, to the evaluation indicators, As for the first time we will have an essential picture of who are the students who are really studying.
But I also want to dwell on the very important prediction for one last chance to those students who have shown that they are interested in completing their studies, but also in those provisions for students who may, for health reasons, have a distinct, distinct difficulty in completing them.
And he added: “The arrangement, then, is completely balanced, but it also implements our central commitment to proceed with a absolutely necessary clearance of the lists of university students, making the distinction between inactive and active students so that they can do so.
Mr. Mitsotakis also addressed the children who are now choosing the schools to attend: “You often come young children, they are consulting which school to choose. I tell them to choose the school they feel that they fit the most, but to make sure, whatever school they choose, to make sure they finish in the scheduled time of the curriculum they have chosen.
And to do that, because life is in front of them. If you have to finish your schedule in four years, why waste time and end in the fifth, the sixth? You will not be able to finish afterwards, anyway.
But this is primarily an obligation of children to themselves. It is not something that the state imposes punishment, but it is an urging in an extremely competitive environment. And since the state provides free public education to our young children, to our young students, and they are consistent in their obligations, but to do so primarily because this is good for themselves, not for us, neither for parents nor for a third party. “
The Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Sofia Zacharaki He noted for her part: “President and dear partners, an important day as we will soon be consulted with the final arrangements, with which we serve a deeply political dual purpose and principle, the necessary clearance of the lists from the inactive students, and of course the necessary and institutional and institutional and institutional and institutional and institutional.
However, with the initial reform that the New Democracy government voted in 2021 and now improves, the Greek University can indeed have an exact picture of who they are studying. And of course, how can it better, with increased funding, with other students’ stay, for internationalization and all that we need to do for the public university, to become a practice.
An indispensable step, then, and thank you for the opportunity you give us, so that we can present this improved arrangement to the last chance and the distinction between active and inactive students. “