“Yesterday’s position of Mr. Tsipras, in continuation of similar positions, that “if there were a possibility of the presence of non-state universities like Harvard here, I am ready to discuss it”, not only opens the door wide for the revision of Art. 16 and the creation of non-state private universities, but he also accepts the arguments of those who, for example, N.D., have been moving in this direction for years,” the KKE in a statement following the interview with the President of SYRIZA ALPHA.

“The division between Harvard and IEK Foufutos is inherently misleading, because in an environment where access to education is based on market and pocket conditions, there can be universities like Harvard for the few and the elite and IEK Foufutos, but also commercial state university for the youth of the working class. This is the logic and politics that the students have been fighting for for years, just like the great struggle of the Article 16 generation, the KKE notes in its commentary.

“We also remind you that Ms. Kerameos caught up with Mr. Tsipras and hailed Harvard among other American universities, shaping the conditions for a market for degrees in many categories and depending on the pocket, implementing the reactionary framework law of ND,” the side comment adds and concludes:

“Against the joint program of ND, SYRIZA, PASOK, who want university education to become a commodity, only the KKE is in favor of a truly pro-popular one: exclusively public university education and valuable degrees. In simple words: Some are for market education, and we are all for free public education! Now the KKE.”

Source: RES-IPE