The Minister of Education accused him of populism Alexis Tsiprasin its response to the President of SYRIZA regarding today’s announcements on education.

“Relentlessly, Mr. Tsipras continues to follow the path of populism,” reports Ms. Kerameos. “We respond responsibly to the populism of Mr. Tsipras. As much as SYRIZA may not like it, education is changing. In practice,” the Minister of Education notes.

“With today’s statements:

– Speaking of “IEK Foufutos”, he is the one who completely discredits the state vocational education and training, which has been modernized and is now a quality alternative path with access to the labor market.

– proves that he does not know how the Minimum Acceptance Base works, which does not depend on the degree of difficulty of the subjects (as in the case of a fixed base, for example, 10), but is the result of the average performance in the subjects. candidates.

– he persists in trading in false hopes, promising to enter university with 1st and 2nd grades, not worrying about whether these young people will be able to study and graduate, or they will be trapped for years on a dead end road. outside.

– still does not accept the creation of non-state universities, insisting on a position that does not serve either our educational system or our youth, and which makes our country a sad exception on the international academic map, despite the fact that the head of the state ballot SYRIZA is submitted to the non-state university”.