With the well-known "stuck needle", AKEL continues its cacophonous monologue, says the Education Minister.
As Mr. Prodromou, "with its well-known anachronistic views and characteristic populist approach, AKEL is trying, in view of the forthcoming elections, to get out of the isolation to which its outdated and extreme positions lead it."
As it says, in today's statement they refer for the umpteenth time to the "failed institution" of student evaluation.
"One wonders, however, what is the use of this obsession, since it is well known that AKEL was the only political party that opposed the Educational Reform from the very first moment, but it was approved by the Parliament.
They refer to legislation that had from the beginning not only the approval of the Parliament, but also support through amendments of political forces that were accepted (typically referred to as the "Leonidou law") and the positive position of both OELMEK and, in general, the Confederation of Parents' Associations. They speak of legislation that AKEL has repeatedly sought unsuccessfully to undo, while in practice it has tried in every way to prevent its implementation.
What right does AKEL have and what purpose does it serve to try to prevent the completion of a reform that has been democratically approved? Is this their idea of democratic governance?
For three years AKEL has been promoting nihilism and anachronistic ideologies and its only contribution is to uselessly disrupt schools.
However, the new evaluation process has been successfully implemented, establishing a field of reliable evaluation, with all the benefits and a sense of meritocracy, and providing very useful evidence for students, teachers and schools alike. This year its application is being expanded to include the high school cycle. The State and the Ministry of Education can, on the basis of the reliable data and indications that are now available, continuously evaluate curricula and pedagogical methods and procedures and bring about adjustments and improvements in a targeted manner. Let them realise that it is at the polls that the election of the President of the Republic will be decided and let them leave the schools alone."
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