[MGSA-L] “Excellence is a warped ambition,” ???

George Baloglou gbaloglou at gmail.com
Fri Feb 20 01:31:17 PST 2015


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[Τα Πρότυπα και Πειραματικά σχολεία είναι κύτταρα Αριστείας εντός την
Δημόσιας Παιδείας - δίνουν την δυνατότητα για κορυφαία εκπαίδευση σε όλα τα
παιδιά ανεξάρτητα από καταγωγή, κοινωνική τάξη και εισόδημα. Αρκεί να το
θέλουν και να μπορούν να αριστεύσουν. Είναι τα κύτταρα όπου δοκιμάζονται
νέα καινοτομικά προγράμματα σπουδών που θα δικαιωθούν αύριο σε όλα τα
σχολεία. Οι απόφοιτοι των σχολείων αυτών διαπρέπουν στην κοινωνία και την
οικονομία - στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό - και δεν ξεχνούν την "καταγωγή"
τους. Είναι μια μοναδική δυνατότητα να διεκδικήσει μια οικογένεια άριστης
ποιότητας εκπαίδευση εντός της Δημόσιας παιδείας. Η νέα κυβέρνηση με μικτά
μέχρι στιγμής μηνύματα προωθεί την κατάργηση αυτών των άριστων σχολείων
μέσω της κατάργησης των εισαγωγικών αντικειμενικών εξετάσεων -
αντικαθιστώντας τες με την άδικη και επίπεδη διαδικασία της κλήρωσης.
Ψηφίστε υπέρ της διατήρησης του θεσμού των ΠΠΣ και της αξιοκρατικής
διαδικασίας επιλογής μαθητών/τριων σαν μόνου τρόπου διατήρησης του
χαρακτήρα και των πλεονεκτημάτων που δίνουν στην ελληνική κοινωνία και
οικογένεια.]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:30 AM, June Samaras <june.samaras at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Education minister to ditch excellence as main principle
>
> http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_10/02/2015_547114
>
> Education Minister Aristides Baltas on Tuesday confirmed the government’s
> intention to scrap university councils responsible for overseeing the
> running of tertiary institutions and told Kathimerini that the Greek
> education system should not be governed by the principle of “excellence.”
>
> The university councils, which include foreign academics and Greek
> academics from abroad, were formed as part of the tertiary education reform
> passed in 2011 with the aim of providing more independent oversight in the
> running of the institutions.
>
> *Baltas also said that the government would scrap a law requiring senior
> high school students to have minimum scores of 50 percent (10 out of 20) in
> math and Greek in order to progress to the next grade. According to the new
> regulations due to be passed, pupils will be able to advance if they have
> an average score of 9.5 out of 20 (47.5 percent).*
>
> “Excellence is a warped ambition,” Baltas told Kathimerini.
>
> And then
>
> http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_16/02/2015_547332
>
> University reform to be prepared over two years
>
>
> The government plans to take between 18 months and two years to prepare
> legislation on tertiary education reforms, it was revealed on Monday.
>
> Education Minister Aristides Baltas told university rectors that the
> government wants to take its time to prepare the draft law so that it can
> consult extensively with those involved. *Baltas suggested to a meeting
> of rectors on Monday that postgraduate, as well as undergraduate, programs
> should be free of charge. *However, rectors advised him against such a
> move.
>
> “Thanks to the revenues from postgraduate programs, we can spend money on
> research and keep excellent young academics, who under different
> circumstances would be unemployed or emigrating,” said the rector of
> Crete’s Technical University, Vassilis Digalakis.
>
> “Also, by using these tuition fees we can attract to Greek universities
> important academics from abroad,” he added.
>
> Baltas did not commit to extra funding for tertiary institutions, whose
> budgets are in deficit. However, the minister did say that he wants to see
> rules barring students who fail to finish their courses within two years of
> their regular length being barred from attending university.
>
> Baltas suggested that a new system by which universities would sign “honor
> contracts” with so-called “eternal students” would replace the current
> regulations.
>
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>
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