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About 200 schools stay closed for squats and masked deniers who have added a few more requests as pretexts, like filling teacher vacancies, creating smaller departments and cleaning schools. At the same time, your list Ministry of Education for schools and departments that are closed due to coronavirus numbers 96 entries based on Thursday morning data (see HERE the list)
For today Thursday the student steering committee has announced a course for At 10 am in the center of Athens with requests regarding the non-use of a mask but also the hiring of teachers and sufficient cleaning staff, abolition of the Bank of Subjects but also … Rafale.
Specifically in the text of the invitation for today. meeting report features: “We do not accept that what we are claiming cannot be done. We know how to do mathematical calculations. The ND government says that this year it will buy 16 Rafale fighter jets from France at a cost close to 4 billion euros… They tell us they have no money to hire teachers who are missing or need to reduce the number of students per class . We inform you that this money is enough to hire more than 300,000 teachers for one year.».
Together with the students will be the Supreme Confederation of Parents (ASGME) which in a statement emphasizes that “The demands of the students are the demands with which parents and teachers have mobilized since the beginning of the pandemic and today they remain unresolved. Why do we live the tragic daily life of the Greek school that does not guarantee the equality of education, health and safety of our children?Parents, says ASGME, through the Parents Associations, we oppose any attempt by the Government to criminalize, with orders from the Prosecutor’s Office and arrests of students, the struggles and anxieties of our children to receive a safe education.
Petsas: Steps for Students to Squat
By taking action against squatting students In addition to persuasion and the constant call to squat, the government is oriented as announced by the government spokesperson. Stelios Petsas. «It is an issue that worries us a lot. We will see what other measures we can take, in addition to persuasion and the constant call not to take actions that create a problem in the school year, but also in the health of the people who proceed to squat. And this is because we must all apply the measures for the coronavirus without exceptions “.
Zacharakis on TOPIC 104.6: I see the movement decline
For its part, the Undersecretary of Education Sofia Zacharaki who I talk to TOPIC 104.6 appreciated “I see this movement is on the decline. I think this thing will fade. I believe that the position of children is in the classroom and the biggest battles are fought with open schools».
Regarding the requests, he noted that “What is happening within the busy schools has a common characteristic with the applications that have circulated in Greece and some that have local characteristics. What has been given as guidance to the directors of schools and education is to explain to the children the new conditions and why these measures have been imposed.».
Regarding the table with the deputies, Mrs. Zacharaki said that “on August 25, more than 24,900 deputies were appointed and another 7,368 on Friday. ».
This process, he explained, “will be carried out next week” and “the budget will reach 200 million euros.” The Deputy Minister of Education finally clarified that the ministry sent a letter to parents to retrieve codes in e-learning only “so that we are ready.” She even gave the example of Pella where “the children have not been to school yet but we had to be prepared.”
Seven times more busy schools than those closed by coronavirus
Regarding the number of occupied schools, Stelios Petsas stressed that “at the beginning we all feared that the schools would be closed by Koronovios and finally we have 6-7 times more schools closed due to the occupation”. Mr. Petsas clarified this: “This cannot continue. Everyone takes a while to recover. Parents, teachers, local authorities, who often give political coverage to this type of phenomenon, and all together to overcome this problem as well.».