The Parliamentary Committee on Education and Culture met today, Wednesday, 30 March 2022, and discussed the following matters:
1.The University of Cyprus (Disciplinary Control of Academic and Other Educational Staff) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(Ref. 23.03.057.110-2020)
The Committee continued its consideration 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 academic or other teaching staff in the event of conviction by a criminal court for specified offences;
b. to suspend a member of academic or other teaching staff if an investigation of disciplinary misconduct is ordered against him or her or upon the commencement of a police investigation for the purpose of prosecution against him or her;
c. impose a fine on a member of academic or other educational staff if he or she fails to appear before it or refuses to answer a question.
The regulations referred to, which are intended to fill the gap identified in the legislative framework and recorded in the report of the Audit Office for the year 2015, were also considered by the Committee during the previous parliamentary term, but it was not possible to complete their study.
The Committee completed the examination of the above regulations and decided to forward them to the Plenary for a final decision.
2.The Conduct of the Pancyprian Access Examinations to Higher and Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) of Cyprus and Greece Law of 2022.
(Ref. No. 23.03.055.057-2018)
The Committee continued 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 Educational Institutions (HEIs) of Cyprus and Greece, to update the legislative framework in order to achieve harmonisation with the Regulations on the Operation of Public Secondary Education Schools and to ensure the smooth operation of secondary schools and the smooth conduct of the Pancyprian entrance examinations.
It is noted that the committee is discussing this bill as a priority, since its timely completion will contribute to the smooth conduct of the Pancyprian Entrance Examinations to the Higher Education Institutions of Cyprus and Greece which will be held in May and June 2022.
The Committee decided, due to lack of time for substantial study and processing of the proposed bill, but also due to the urgent nature of the issue, which concerns the timely regulation of the issue of conducting the Pancyprian Access Examinations in Cyprus and Greece for the year 2022, to study a possible amendment to the existing legislation on the Pancyprian examinations, which is expected to be submitted in the form of an urgent matter at the next plenary session.
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Culture
Email: parliamentary-commitees@parliament.cy
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