The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Ms Athena Michaelidou, attended today a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Culture on the amendments submitted by the Ministry of Education to the Regulations for the Operation of Public Secondary Education Schools.
In her statements to journalists after the session, Ms. Michaelidou said: "Today we had the opportunity to discuss in the Committee on Education of the Parliament the amendment of the Regulations submitted by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, regarding the evaluation of the student of Secondary Education in the second quarter.
I would like to clarify that the solution we have proposed and the regulation we are making on an exceptional basis, only concerns the second quarter of this year. It therefore concerns the very few weeks that we have left so that the year can be completed smoothly. In other words, to give pupils the opportunity to perform as well as possible in the subjects tested, and for all of us, in cooperation with our partners, to propose what we are all calling for: a new, holistic, modern system of pupil assessment, which will apply from the next school year.
We believe that the regulations we propose - both the reduction in the weighting of the written examination and all other pedagogical measures, such as the reduction of the syllabus, issues related to subject matter and grading, etc. provide opportunities for pupils to complete this school year smoothly. At the same time, they also provide the basic principles for our proposal for a permanent student assessment system to be in place from the next school year," the Minister of Education concluded.
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