[MGSA-L] Peiramatika Scholeia - a disappointing development
Susannah Verney
deplan at otenet.gr
Wed May 27 05:24:28 PDT 2015
Following the heated debates about the Peiramatika Scholeia, a recent
development has been both unexpected and very disappointing.
As has been discussed in postings on this list, the core idea of these
schools is that they should provide a basis for experimental teaching,
trying out new methods which can subsequently be applied to the broader
school population. To achieve this aim, they should represent a cross
section of the school population, with pupils chosen by lottery.
However, the law passed by the Greek Parliament this month included an
amendment which has essentially turned one of the best Peiramatika
Scholeia in Greece, the 1st Athens (Plaka), into the official school of
the kids from Kolonaki.
See the relevant page on the school's website
http://www.1gympeirath.gr/sxoleio/index.php/leitourgia-sxoleiou/eisagwgi-mathitwn
As it explains, according to the new law, all pupils currently attending
the Marasleio primary schools will have an automatic right of entrance
to the 1st Peiramatiko Scholeio in Plaka.
This leaves less than 20 places to be allocated by lottery to children
who don't come from this exclusive central Athens district.
A sorry example of an all too common phenomenon - the privatisation of
Greek public resources by a small 'in-group' at the expense of broader
Greek society.
Susannah Verney
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