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The Proposal of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth regarding the amendment of the Regulations on the Evaluation of Secondary Education Students was approved today by the Council of Ministers.
The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Ms Athina Michaelidou, in her statements at the Presidential Palace, after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, said: "The Council of Ministers today approved the Proposal of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth for the complete and final settlement of the much-discussed Student Evaluation System in Secondary Education.
We are very pleased that the new Plan has been passed by the Council of Ministers and is being presented to Parliament, which, as we have stated, is a modern Student Assessment Scheme in Secondary Education, based on basic pedagogical principles. That is, it is student-centred, it is a system which emphasises, not just the final written examination, but mainly the intermediate, continuous and formative assessment. It promotes the assessment of the competences and skills of our students and is balanced in terms of written and oral examinations.
Important support structures are also introduced through the Assessment System concerning the continuous training of the people who have an important role to play in this System. In other words, in addition to our teachers, it provides for the training of subject leaders, assessors, principals and management teams in schools, and allows us, for the first time, to create a bank of material, i.e. useful educational pedagogical material, for all subjects.
We believe that the new system solves the serious distortions that existed in the issues of student assessment and opens other important chapters for our educational system, such as the reduction of the curriculum, the clarification of what is taught in our schools, and especially issues related to the methodology of teaching, other support structures, such as the evaluation of the school unit, etc.Our proposal is being forwarded, as I said, to the Parliament and I am sure that there too we will have a positive outcome, so that at last there will be a normalcy in the educational system, a calm, so that we can create, teachers and students, and have the best possible results."
Our proposal is being forwarded, as I said, to the Parliament and I am sure that there too we will have a positive outcome, so that at last there will be a normalcy in the educational system, a calm, so that we can create, teachers and students, and have the best possible results.
Afterwards, Michailidou answered questions from reporters.
Asked whether there will be consultations with the political parties so that the proposal can be passed by the Parliament, Michailidou noted: "Allow me, at this point, to emphasize the important role of our partners and to thank in particular both the educational organizations and organized parents, but especially our students who have shown a very mature attitude throughout this process. We have been consulting for two months. So we already have very encouraging messages from everyone and we hope that within the timeframes that we have announced from the outset, that is, before the end of Parliament's work for the summer holidays, we will have the happy ending that we are seeking. It is also very important for us, internally in the Ministry, so that we can begin our processes to have a smooth start to the new school year, "said the Minister of Education in conclusion.
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