Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met and talked to Nea Ionia 4th High Schoolwith eight teachers who were appointed this year on a permanent basis in the divisions of primary and secondary education.

According to the government, it was about the reforms that were implemented for him. modernization and renewal of the education system over the past three years, in improving the monitoring of technological and scientific developments for the educational process and in various problems that students and teachers face today.

He stressed the importance of the interventions that have been taken to support an active teaching staff working in the classroom, whose goals are achieved through permanent appointments. 25,000 teachers after 12 years of stagnationcreating 1,100 full-time positions as psychologists and social workers in schools for the first time, implementing training programs that have helped approximately 125,000 teachers and professors, and providing funds so that more than 500,000 young people and 160,000 teachers can buy electronic devices such as laptops or tablets .

The same sources note that many teachers indicated that they had worked in schools for years as shift or hourly workers and expressed satisfaction that they now work full-time and are not in a state of uncertainty or constant movement.

“We are pleased that for the first time after so many years, we have managed to conduct an important recruitment of permanent employees in the field of education. Especially with regard to people who serve in the field of education, but should have had the permanence and stability that constant employment leads to. And through this discussion, tell me a little, like this, completely, how you feel, basically, what we can do better to help schools and you, your personal development,” the prime minister said.

“I have been an MP for twelve years. Now I am one of 25,000 hired employees. I am very happy about this, there is stability for me and the whole family, because I also have two small children. Teachers are involved in education, I think, first of all, and you supported him with your appointments, ”said the kindergarten teacher. Agni Vichiotis.

“As a result, it seemed that you were serving a permanent and enduring need, and obviously this uncertainty that you don’t know where you will be next year must be very difficult psychologically,” replied the prime minister, who also asked what their image was. teachers for special education assignments.

“It is true that permanent appointments bring stability. For the first time in special education – since special education was in operation, that is, many years ago – permanent appointments were made. We now have a more stable environment. Human capital is a multiplier. This is a multiplier for all classes. We have laid the foundation because we have stability. The student has a point of reference for the teacher, the school group is better organized,” said Mr. George Stamatakoswho is a special educator, at the same time he noted the importance of an environment of stability and support for parents.

“Constant recruitment already gives them confidence that the child will find a teacher there, so they should continue. A personal assistant is also a very important step,” he added.

Mr. Mitsotakis also commented on the initiatives that have been implemented for qualitative improvement of public educationsuch as two years of kindergarten and teaching English at that age, teaching 166 new curricula to improve and modernize the curriculum in all subjects, the free choice of textbooks to encourage meaningful learning and combat blind memorization, the institutionalization of “skills labs” for teaching subjects such as robotics, traffic safety and sex education, and the doubling of standard and experimental schools, now numbering up to 120 .

“We need curiosity, we want to teach skills and attitudes, not just knowledge. There is no substitute for knowledge, but the school must be something more than a mechanism for reproducing the knowledge taught by a teacher or professor. And we can make it easier at a younger age,” the prime minister said, referring to the new themes and activities the school is now offering.