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Minister of Education Sofia Zacharaki has two plans in hand for the establishment of the new admission system to universities, with the national Baccalaureate as the main focus, which are being studied by her:
- of the "Pierrakakis" Committee, and
- of the National Examinations Organization
Sofia Zacharaki, in a meeting she had with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last week, received instructions to immediately begin a national dialogue on the development of the new admissions system to higher education.
Regarding the timetable , the Minister of Education has already stated that:
Any new system instituted by Parliament will concern students who will be attending the First Year of High School in the 2029-30 school year.
That is, it will practically concern the students who will be attending the 6th grade of primary school in the next school year 2025-26.
These, according to the minister's statements, will be the students who will "inaugurate" the new system, in the year 2032.
Sofia Zacharaki at esos: The possibility of abolishing the Panhellenic Examinations with the institutionalization of the National Baccalaureate is open
Minister of Education Sofia Zacharaki, in statements to esos, during her visit to our stand at the TIF, left open the possibility of abolishing the Panhellenic Examinations when the National Baccalaureate is instituted.
All of this will be decided after the national dialogue with stakeholders and political parties, which will begin immediately, the Minister of Education emphasized.
The goal, said Sofia Zacharaki, is to give power and prestige to the diploma that students obtain after graduating from high school.
The following is the video with the statement of the Minister of Education.
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