AKEL thought "that the way to force the Ministry of Education to discuss another improved, better, evaluation system for our students, is by proposing a law to abolish quarterly exams," AKEL MP Christos Christofides said in a statement after the end of the session of the Parliament's Education Committee.
Asked about the status of AKEL's proposal on the issue of the four-month exams, which will be examined in an extraordinary session next Monday by the Education Committee, in the presence of the Minister of Education, Mr. Christofides said that "as AKEL we have registered the issue of the results of the four-year exams and how we are proceeding."
"In consultation with the Minister of Education, because he must be present, an extraordinary session has been set for Monday morning. We have prepared a bill for the abolition of the four-year examinations, which we have put before the political parties, especially the opposition. The reason is very simple. For a year now we have been discussing, saying the problems of the four-year exams. The Ministry says its own thing, goes ahead ignoring Parliament, teachers, students, parents and does what it wants. We thought that the way to force the Ministry of Education to discuss another improved, better, assessment system for our students is by proposing a law to abolish the four-year exams," he added.
He said they have put their proposal before the other political forces "and we have told them that the time is coming when each of us must take responsibility."
"We have told them at the same time that if you have another feasible solution to finally force the Ministry of Education to discuss very seriously a new evaluation system, we are all ears. But at the moment there is nothing concrete apart from AKEL's proposal. And we cannot continue to listen to the Ministry listening to us , but in the end we can only do what the Minister of Education wants," he added.
He also said that they have made it clear at the same time that this proposal will be put forward if it can muster a majority, "because otherwise all we will achieve is a negative result and yet another argument by the Education Minister that, lo and behold, the quarterly exams are gathering the support of the Parliament".
"When we are at a turning point. As AKEL we give a concrete way out and we expect from DIKO, EDEK, PPP. and the Ecologists to respond in order to provide a solution or if they have any other suggestion, we will be very happy to hear and discuss it," he concluded.
Source: CNA
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