The prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Monday morning (25/08) the 3rd Painter Gymnasium, which was renovated under the program ‘Marietta Giannakou ».
The Prime Minister was informed by the Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Sofia Zacharakis and the headmaster of Aristides Falagara for the work implemented in the classrooms, public spaces and in the courtyard Older School in the Municipality of Zografou, In addition, a lift is placed and the necessary projects are made to make all the facilities accessible to students with disabilities. As noted, this is the first renovation of the school complex from the construction of its first buildings in 1954.
By completing his visit to school, the Kyriakos Mitsotakis heralded that the program “Marietta Giannakou” It will continue and extend to other schools. Following is the full statement of the Prime Minister:
“Mr. Principal, I am very pleased that in a few weeks from now the first bell of the new school year will welcome your high school students in a building that will have been significantly renovated both in classes and in accessibility and in the area of hygiene and to the hygiene, It is co -located in this building block.
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The program “Marietta Giannakou” has been highly successful, 431 schools Throughout the territory they will have been renovated until early September and our intention is not only to continue, but to enhance the funding of this program. Because every school that is renovated offers our children quality building infrastructure, especially when we consider that many of our buildings are old and very damaged.
Also, every external, renovated courtyard allows us to practice this concept of open school. A school, that is, that will be open to the children of the neighborhood and beyond its hours of operation, so that children can come, use facilities, play, play, be far from their mobile screens and do more useful and creative things.
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And I am glad that I see here, in this room that has just been renovated, and the interactive boards, which have now been placed in all classes of our public schools, from Elementary to 3rd High School.
So we see how on the one hand upgrade of building infrastructure But the use of technology allows us to offer our students and our teachers a different educational experience in the context of the “new school” as we envision it.
So, we wish you a good start and we will soon have important announcements about how we want to expand the “Marietta Giannakou” program to many more schools in Greek territory. “
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Zacharaki: We will deliver new schools every year
For her part, Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Sofia Zacharakis noted: “We welcome you to school. Our schools are ready to welcome our children and teachers for the new year. This year, many of them, however, renovated. And we would like to thank the initiative you took and, of course, the banks, the Ministry of Transport, the “building infrastructure”, so that we can promise children this year and a better environment.
This effort does not stop for time and every year we try to deliver new schools, “cells”, as the principal of an entire neighborhood, open to children, so happy and bright. This year, with more appointments, with better infrastructure and we are constantly promising improvements in our Greek public school. “