Niki Kerameus
Evaluation of teachers to start next week, Education Ministry says
The long-awaited evaluation of teachers will start next week, beginning with the newly appointed ones, as their assessment is a condition for a full-time contract, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday.
Schools to reopen on Monday, no masks required
Schools will open as planned on Monday, the Education Ministry has confirmed, responding to speculation that the start of the new semester after the holiday break may be delayed by the spike in Covid and other respiratory infections among children recorded in recent weeks.
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Kerameus denies reports that education ministry has plan for possible school closures
With the COVID-19 epidemic raging throughout the country, Education Minister Niki Kerameus has denied reports that, "The education ministry is threshing out a 'bombshell scenario' for closing schools on 15 November in order to stem the large wave of COVID-19 spread to children."
Government intensifies campaign to vaccinate school students
The ministries of health and of education have launched a push to persuade the parents of school students to vaccinate their children.
Mitsotakis urges teachers to get COVID-19 jab as government mulls compulsory vaccination
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a public plea today to teachers and all employees at schools to get their COVID-19 jabs in order to ensure the safe opening of schools in September.
Greek Police Accused of Violence at Education Bill Protests
Police in Greece have been criticised after videos circulated on social media of officers violently pushing and shoving photojournalists covering a protest against a new bill for universities on Wednesday.
The photojournalists' union said riot police beat up a member of the union who had been reporting on the protests.
Athens metro station closed ahead of university reform bill protest
The Panepistimio metro station in central Athens closed at 11 a.m. on Thursday by order of the police, due to a rally planned to protest against legislation reforming tertiary education.
The rally will start at 1 p.m. at the University of Athens central building.
Trains will continue to pass through the station without stopping.
Bill caps time allowed for students to do degree
The maximum time students will have to complete their university degrees is six years for those on a four-year course, eight years for those on a five-year course and nine years for a six-year course, according to the changes made to a bill that is currently under consultation in the Parliamentary Committee on Educational Affairs.
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High school students return to class
Pupils at the country's middle and senior high schools returned to class on Monday after almost two-and-a-half months. In the region of Attica, where there is a higher number of coronavirus cases, only middle schools reopened.
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Keeping schools open a key gov’t priority, says education minister
Keeping schools open after they were closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic is a key priority for the conservative government, Education Minister Niki Kerameus has said.