The Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MESY) announces that the Directorates of Secondary Education will proceed in the next period of time with a series of actions and plans in the framework of the ongoing educational reform, as follows:
1. A special scientific steering committee will be set up to evaluate the implementation of the Analytical Curriculum for Secondary Schools, High Schools and TESEC and to propose possible adjustments and possible updates, taking into account, in addition to any general issues, the matching with the available teaching time, the systematic adaptation to digital technology and, in particular, the forthcoming delivery of digital classrooms.
The Curriculum Committee will work in conjunction and cooperation with the established New Timetable Committee in order to finalise the content of teaching in relation to the envisaged proficiency/success indicators, the operation of skills workshops in secondary schools and the assessment process for students.
In this way, and given the authority of the Ministry and the Directorates to define learning frameworks in accordance with the intended objectives in education, opportunistic discussions about what is taught every year in schools will also be ended.
At the same time, the beneficial effect of the educational reform will also be used to define a uniform process and a given pace of teaching in all schools and departments on the basis of the intended educational objectives.
2. Using data resulting from the evaluation process of the new student assessment plan, which, as stipulated by law, must be carried out upon completion of its first implementation at the end of the current school year, and on the basis of the data available from the work of the Examination Quality Control Group (QCG) and the Planning Office of the Ministry of Education and Science, secondary education directorates will proceed to establish a "subject bank" that can be used for regular assessments[/
3. On the occasion of this assessment, the Ministry should resubmit to the House of Representatives for its consideration and approval the proposal submitted during the previous year concerning the limitation of the number of subjects tested in secondary school to two instead of four. The same proposal also includes the explicit regulation of the remaining part of the assessment (60%) in order, taking into account the established written assessment, to avoid any misuse of written exercises ("competitions") in the context of the assessment that is to be oral.
It should be noted that the implementation of the provisions concerning the oral assessment may be assisted by the approval of the bill for the evaluation of the educational work and teachers, through which it is envisaged that they will be evaluated by the management of the At the same time, it is noted that specific instructions are given so that in the "feedback" process envisaged after the completion of the written evaluation of the term, each teacher will work with students in the classroom, on the basis of each student's individual essay, pointing out and explaining the relevant learning issues arising from them.
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