The Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Mr.
"Regarding the well-known issue of the Purchase of Services in Programmes of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (YPAN) - taking into account some court decisions, after a study that has been carried out for several months and a thorough redesign, but also after consultations with trade unions. Taking also into account political positions from parliamentary parties, first of all from the Democratic Rally and the call that had been made for a solution to this issue - today the Council of Ministers has approved a proposal of the Ministry of National Economy to end the purchase of services procedure on the basis of a comprehensive and structured study submitted for the 14 programmes in which the practice of purchase of services was used.
According to the design submitted in the various programmes, which are being reorganised accordingly To this end, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance were jointly authorized to collaborate and decide so that employment provisions are proposed so that from the next school year in programs such as DRA.S.E.+, Day School, Training Institutes, etc., contracts will be offered, always within the budget of the Ministry of Education and after consultation with the Education Service Commission.
Also important today are Decisions taken in the Council of Ministers for the establishment of a Centre for Education, Research and Innovation in Athalassa. A Centre in which the French Cypriot School, the Cyprus Institute and the adjacent Agricultural Research Institute will be merged, with planning as well as benefits for the further development of these educational and research institutions.
In another important Decision of the Council of Ministers today, a Proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science on Special Education has been approved. As we have long announced, on the basis of a study that has been carried out, the Council of Ministers today approved the operation of a Centre for the Evaluation of Special Education, as well as a Proposal to amend the relevant legislation. An amending Proposal will be prepared so that it can then be submitted to Parliament to restructure the framework of Special Education, in order to overcome the operational problems that had arisen due to the very large increase in numbers and the inability of the legislated Provincial Committees to cope in useful time. There will also be provisions in the legislative proposal regarding service by School Assistants/Supervisors. In addition, another important decision of the current Council of Ministers concerning the Ministry of Education is the approval of the Proposal submitted for the further extension of the trial operation of a full-day Interdisciplinary-Disciplinary Learning High School with two axes: the scientific-technological STEAM axis and an emphasis on Greek Language and Culture.
In addition, another important decision of the current Council of Ministers concerning the Ministry of Education is the approval of the Proposal submitted for the further extension of the trial operation of a full-day Interdisciplinary-Disciplinary Learning High School with two axes: the scientific-technological STEAM axis and an emphasis on Greek Language and Culture. We are expanding the successful operation we have so far in one school in Nicosia and one in Limassol and from the next school year we will have a Full Day High School in each city, so that the trial implementation can be completed and then decisions can be taken on the extent to which the Full Day High School can be developed".
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