The beginning of this individual assessment from newly appointed teachers gradually from next week announced yesterday Ministry of Education. As the procedures were delayed, the ministry submitted to parliament on Wednesday evening a regulation on voting, which stipulates that the evaluation will start separately in each region, based on the progress of the selection of responsible officials. information “K” state that the individual assessment will begin with the newly designated Peloponnese, North and South Aegean. Thus, when a new consultant out of 800 is selected, he will hit a dead end, taking on the task of individual assessment of newly appointed teachers. The question is when the selection of new school directors will be completed, and this is the second executor participating in this process. If the new appointee receives a negative assessment, he will undergo training, after which his permanent status will be reviewed, according to high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Education. In particular, teachers’ work is evaluated from three education officials: a scientific responsibility education advisor (for example, a physics advisor evaluates physicists), a school education education advisor for pedagogical responsibility, and a school principal.

Initial planning called for the start of the assessment evenly in all 13 regions of the country. However, there was a serious delay in the evaluation procedures and evaluation of candidates for advisers by the competent committees. That is why the Ministry of Education was forced to change the law. “In order to expedite procedures, additional legislative decrees have been submitted to parliament providing for the recruitment of those areas where the selection and placement of education consultants has already been completed, who will immediately and as a matter of priority begin individual assessment of teachers, especially newly appointed ones, since the assessment is condition of their permanent appointment,” he said yesterday.

The assessment will begin with 4,500 teachers appointed in 2020, according to the ministry’s service. They must be assessed by the end of the school year to be permanent.

Consultants and managers

On the other hand, in addition to the selection procedures for approximately 800 consultants, there are also delays in the selection procedures for 14,000 school principals. In fact, since the assessment is a revealing statement from the government, the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos expedite procedures for initiating an individual assessment, and communicate that both the school unit assessment and the educational project assessment have been completed. For their part, the educational federations responding to the project still question the essence of the assessment procedures.

The process concerns 4,500 teachers appointed in 2020, who must pass an assessment by the end of the school year to become permanent.

At the same time, the minister said yesterday that the new appointment system takes into account the socio-economic criteria for having many children, adding that “everywhere where ASEP is open to deputies. General Education Councils will open for recruitment in the coming weeks.” An amendment passed on Wednesday allows students who wish to attend a model school to apply to two schools instead of one.

Finally, yesterday, Ms. Kerameos reminded that the pan-Greek examinations will start on June 1 for candidates for vocational high schools (EPAL) and on June 2 for general secondary schools (GEL) and will be completed for general courses in June. 12th. As school buildings are being used as polling stations, it has been announced that the 2023 national exams will be conducted as follows:

• In daytime and evening secondary schools, examinations in subjects will be held on 2, 6, 8 and 6.12.2023.
• In daytime and evening professional lyceums, exams in subjects will be held on 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15 and 16.06.2023.
• Special GEL and EPAL courses will be tested from 17 to 29 June.