The Parliamentary Committee on Education and Culture met today, Wednesday, 23 March 2022, and discussed the following issues:
1. The University of Cyprus (Disciplinary Control of Academic and Other Teaching Staff) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(Ref. No. 23.03.057.110-2020)
The Committee continued its review of the above Regulations, the purpose of which is to enable the University of Cyprus Disciplinary Control Committee:
a. to impose disciplinary sanctions on a member of the academic or other teaching staff in the event of conviction by a criminal court for specific offences,
b. suspend a member of academic or other teaching staff if an investigation of disciplinary misconduct is ordered against them or upon the initiation of a police investigation for the purpose of prosecuting them;
c. impose a financial penalty on a member of academic or other teaching staff if they fail to appear before it or refuse to answer a question.
The Regulations referred to are intended to fill the gap identified in the legislative framework and documented in the Audit Office report for the year 2015.
It is noted that the above Regulations were also considered by the Committee during the previous parliamentary session, but it was not possible to complete the study of them.
The consideration of the Regulations will continue at the next meeting of the Committee.
2.The Law of 2022 on the Conduct of the Pancyprian Entrance Examinations to Higher and Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) of Cyprus and Greece.
(File No. 23.03.055.057-2018)
The Committee began the examination of the above bill, the purpose of which is to replace and modernize the existing legislation for the conduct of the Pancyprian entrance examinations to the Higher and Higher Education Institutions of Cyprus and Greece and to update the legislative framework, in order to achieve harmonisation with the Regulations on the Operation of Public Secondary Education Schools on the one hand and to ensure the smooth operation of secondary schools and the smooth conduct of the Pancyprian entrance examinations on the other.
It is noted that the Committee is examining the bill as a priority, so that the timely completion of its discussion will contribute to the smooth conduct of the Pancyprian Access Examinations to the Higher Education Institutions of Cyprus and Greece which will take place in May and June 2022.
The Committee decided to continue the discussion of the provisions of the bill at its next meeting.
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Culture Email: parliamentary-commitees@parliament.cy
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