Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the morning I attended the ceremony of consecration of the beginning of the new academic year in the 2nd elementary school of Drapetsonas.

“Wishing you a great school year with joy, health, without the adventures and anxieties of the pandemic, in a school that is changing, developing and we are constantly trying to get better and better. With a large number of teachers, for the first time in two years, we have appointed nearly 25,000 new teachers. With the expanded full-time program, part-time schools will be open until 5:30 pm, which is a great relief for working parents, as well as an opportunity for the school to offer our children new experiences and access to new skills. With new curricula, with educational workshops, we are trying to make school more interesting for our children. And at this moment I want to say a big thank you to all our teachers. To those who adapted very quickly to the requirements of distance education during the difficult years of the pandemic, those who always do their best to give our children the best education,” said Mr. Mitsotakis, addressing teachers, children and parents.

“A big thank you to all the parents and I am especially happy that you have an active Parents and Guardians Association. I attach great importance to the voluntary role of parents and the efforts that they make in all schools of the country to help the state, local government to solve small and big problems of schools. Finally, our children and especially our firstborns, I hope you always keep that warm smile. And remember that school is not only knowledge, it is first of all joy. The joy of knowledge is what will accompany you from now on throughout your journey,” the Prime Minister added.

“Have a good school year,” Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Niki Kerameos wished students, teachers and parents.

“This year, for the third year in a row, education, after more than ten years, is accepting new teachers, with an organic attitude, who will both simplify and strengthen the orderly work of each school. The pandemic period has presented teachers and our students, as well as parents, with a new challenge: learning through distance learning. The speed with which the educational world has mastered the new reality and fully responded to the integration of digital technologies is admirable. The provision of digital equipment to laboratories of school departments, as well as teachers and students, also occurs after more than 15 years. In an era of intense spiritual, social, economic, technological and medical challenges for a modern school, it becomes a factor of strategic importance to form a specific vision that can respond to an ever-changing world,” said the director of the school, Stavros Kostoglu.

“Mr. Prime Minister, it is important for us that you choose a school in the city,” said Keratsinio Drapetsonas Mayor Christos Vrettakos. “In this journey of children, Mr. Prime Minister, we must – today is a day of joy, from tomorrow we are talking about problems, and not from today – that the local government, the central government, be next to the children and on their beautiful journey ” added Mr. Vrettakos.

The Prime Minister, who was welcomed by Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos and school principal Stavros Kostoglu, was shown around the classrooms and talked to teachers and children who had just received textbooks for the new school. year.

After that, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with teachers in the multifunctional hall of the school and discussed with them the issues that concern them in the field of education. “We will continue to replace the teaching staff who leave in a planned manner,” the prime minister assured them.

“In this area, where there are many working parents, we are here to support the new extended hours,” said one of the school’s teachers, while the prime minister stressed that “the first order I gave the minister is to provide a framework of freedom for teaching staff”, adding that “there is no education system that would bring good results if it did not emphasize human potential”.