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

[Neni Panourgia]

Please read what the ministry has said about excellence so that you will 
know what you will be signing.
http://www.koutipandoras.gr/article/133719/yp-paideias-i-metriotita-prokyptei-apo-tin-vathmothiria-kai-papagalizein
np


On 2/20/2015 4:31 AM, George Baloglou wrote:
> Please consider signing a petition against this act and mentality:
>
> https://secure.avaaz.org/el/petition/Elliniki_Koinonia_Oikogeneia_Stirixte_ta_Protypa_kai_Peiramatika_sholeia/
>
> [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 
> <mailto: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.
>
>     ------------------------------
>     June Samaras
>     2020 Old Station Rd
>     Streetsville,Ontario
>     Canada L5M 2V1
>     Tel : 905-542-1877 <tel:905-542-1877>
>     E-mail : june.samaras at gmail.com <mailto:june.samaras at gmail.com>
>
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