About the Programme "School and Social Inclusion Actions+" (DPA.S.E.+) and in response to allegations by OELMEK, as presented in a letter dated 30/5/2022, which creates misleading impressions regarding the participation of a number of high schools in the Programme, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth notes the following.The Programme is operating for the school year 2021-2022 in 170 schools of all levels (Public Kindergartens, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, High Schools and Technical Schools) with significant benefits for students. The criteria for ranking/prioritizing schools and selecting those that will participate for the next school year have recently been updated, with a target of 25% of the student population participating. For this purpose, in a circular dated 18/2/2022, all schools were asked to submit the necessary data online by 4 March 2022.
In the process of ranking the Secondary General Education schools, two lists were drawn up, one for Secondary Schools and the second for High Schools, in line with the separation of Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools of Primary Education. In no case was the classification in the two lists bypassed. Not only was there no intention, during the selection process, to exclude specific schools, but, on the contrary, provision was made so that schools that participated for the first time in the year 2021-2022 would continue to participate for another year (2022-2023), in order for the Programme to pay off and for its beneficial effects on specific children to become apparent.
According to the new data, the school year 2022-2023 will see an increase in both the number of schools and the total number of students participating in the DPA.S.E.+. Specifically, 31 high schools will participate, compared to 24 participating this year, with a total of 11642 students compared to 9656.
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