Student Councils Call for Nat’l Protest on Nov. 6

An undetermined fig of pupil and students’ councils astatine secondary schools and adjacent universities connected Friday announced that they will not be classes connected Thursday, November 6, arsenic portion of a nationwide protestation implicit what they picture arsenic increasing problems successful Greece’s acquisition system.

The property reports accompanying the quality did not notation an concern enactment by unions representing educators. Even when strikes by the educators’ unions are now, information is usually successful the debased single digits.

According to Tovima.gr, 15-member student councils astatine secondary schools (junior precocious and precocious schools) person already convened, with galore deciding to suspend classes that time successful solidarity with the protest, with pupils drafting attraction to teacher shortages, outdated facilities, and arguable reforms to precocious schoolhouse graduation requirements.

Among the main demands are the timely assignment of teachers astatine the start of the schoolhouse year, modern and harmless schoolhouse buildings, and a little “pressurized curriculum”, i.e. little δοκιμή taking to walk classes. One of the main gripes, astatine slightest arsenic expressed by educators’ unions and some PTA associations, is simply a caller “National Graduation Certificate”, which they reason adds an excessive introspection load and turns each schoolhouse year into a high-stakes testing cycle, akin to Greece’s university entranceway exam.

The report, successful Tovima.gr astatine least, cites involvement by university students’ groups to articulation the protest. Dozens of student associations person announced participation, with the intent to adjacent departments and faculties successful protest. Their demands see much state backing for nationalist universities, amended infrastructure, and improved student welfare, peculiarly successful lodging and surviving conditions.

Student unions person called for wide information successful the November 6 rallies, emphasizing their telephone for “free and nationalist acquisition for all.”

While property reports mention information arsenic expressed by pupils’ councils, classes will not beryllium automatically canceled. Lessons will proceed arsenic scheduled unless a schoolhouse is “occupied”, successful which lawsuit the suspension of operations becomes “official”. Otherwise, absences will beryllium recorded according to standard regulations.