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Greece to Reduce Number of Universities

Education Minister Costas Arvanitopoulos has underlined that “upgrading public universities is a top priority,” while at the same time saying that Greece has too many universities, 40 of them for a country of 11 million people, and that the country needs to consolidate or merge the schools to reduce costs.
Arvanitopoulos said the upgrading of state universities will promoted through a recently amended law that will improve the institutions’ administration although it is being fiercely fought by professors and students alike who don’t want changes.
He said that it is the result of decisions that met neither academic nor developmental criteria, and clarified that the problem can be solved through mergers. Referring to the prospect of private universities finally being recognized by the Greek state, he said their operation depends on a revision of Article 16 of the Constitution that has constantly been set aside by successive governments, although Greece is in violation of European Union law by not accepting degrees from private schools for graduates to be employed by the state.
He said a a legislative regulation is in the works in compliance with European Directives, ensuring that the professional rights of graduates will be recognized if certain very strict terms are met, even though many private schools have better academic records than Greek universities which do not rank among the best in the world.
(Source: ana-mpa)

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