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The report prepared by the committee responsible for the quality of Greek education is a wake-up call for the state of the educational system, after it found that two in 10 students who graduate from junior high are functionally illiterate. 

Recent highly publicized episodes of violence among schoolchildren have authorities - government officials, teachers, judges, even the Church - scrambling to deal with the problem and keep it from spreading further.

There is much official talk about more severe penalties and sending parents of violent students to prison.

Bulgaria ranks 25th in Europe for the number of people who read, according to a Eurostat study from 2022. With just under 40% of Bulgarians engaging in reading, the country is positioned fourth from the bottom in Europe, with Italy, Cyprus, and Romania demonstrating even lower interest in books.

In just a day, the 50th National Assembly will begin its summer vacation, which is only scheduled to be interrupted once for the swearing in of the caretaker government. At the beginning of September, the deputies will briefly reconvene in the plenary hall before breaking again for the upcoming election campaign.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis announced the passing of the bill for the Digital Tutoring System through a social media post. According to his statement, “The Digital Tutoring System will enhance the educational process in all grades. Specifically, for the third year of high school, there will be live and free teaching for all subjects that are examined nationwide.”

One in five children are at risk of graduating from elementary and middle school functionally illiterate, according to a 2023 report by the scientific committee of the Authority for Quality Assurance in Primary and Secondary Education (ADIPPDE), the Greek equivalent of the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which is a worldwide study by the Organization for Economic Cooperat

There's a notion that triggers every reactionary reflex in Greeks, and that's rote learning, the predominant system still used in the country's public schools as a means of conveying knowledge, and for years blamed for all the ills of the Greek education system.

Experts have once again raised concerns about the structural deficiencies within the Greek education system, citing evidence indicating a decline in the performance of the country's students.

A long-awaited government bill legalizing same-sex marriage is expected to be introduced in Parliament on Thursday, Parliament Speaker Kostas Tasoulas said.

The legislation will be tabled to the relevant parliamentary committee on February 5 and on February 7, the relevant bodies will be invited to the committee to comment on it.

Concern is growing in the country's education community after the latest disappointing performance of Greek public school pupils in the recent PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) competition organized by the OECD in 2022.