The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Mr Prodromos Prodromou had a meeting with the President Mr George Papa and the members of the new Administrative Council of the Open University of Cyprus at the Ministry today. The meeting was also attended by the Rector of the Open University, Professor Petros Pasiardis and the Director of Higher Education of the Ministry, Dr. Terpsa Konstantinidou.
Regarding the meeting, Mr Prodromou in his statements to the media said: "Today I welcome the new Council of the Open University of Cyprus with Mr. George Papas as its President, whom I congratulate on his appointment, as well as the Rector Professor Petros Pasiardis."
"The Open University of Cyprus", the Minister of Education then noted, "which has completed 20 years of life and activity, offers excellent services in the field of higher education in our country, specializing in distance education, the great importance of which we fully realized in the years of the pandemic". He added that "we have also had the opportunity, in the past period, to benefit from the expertise that has been systematically and quietly developed by the Open University of Cyprus". "They are addressed to the entire society and especially to people who have not had the opportunity to attend university studies, giving them a second chance in a way that a social function is exercised." "It is the platform," he noted, "with which we are implementing lifelong education across the whole spectrum of society and in higher education."
Regarding the quality of the curricula of the Open University of Cyprus, the Minister said that this "has already been judged in its many years of operation with very positive results." Of course, the Minister of Education then noted, "the challenge before us is to continue the development of the Open University and for the State to provide it with the means it needs. It also remains an open challenge to solve the problem of the housing of the Open University of Cyprus, but I am confident that, in close cooperation with the Council, as always until now, we will be able to provide solutions and plan for the next twenty years and the decades to come for the Open University".
In closing, the Minister noted that "the Open University of Cyprus is a valuable arm of university education in our country that can now be proud of the fact that it is gradually becoming a regional international centre of university and higher education".
"I wish the Council of the University every success and rest assured that we are always at your disposal so that, with close cooperation, we can achieve the noble goals of the Open University", Mr.
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