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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-07-07

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] Papandreou addresses issue of private, non-profit universities

  • [01] Papandreou addresses issue of private, non-profit universities

    Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou covered local government and youth issues during an address in Athens on Friday, as he detailed his party's position over the closely watched issue of private, non-profit universities.

    Greece is among the few countries in the world where a constitutional ban forbids the establishment of private, or non-state, higher education institutions. Numerous private colleges nevertheless exist in the country but are not recognised by the state or regulated by the education ministry, rather they fall under the supervision of the development ministry and tax bureaus as private enterprises.

    Papandreou, who has backed the idea of allowing the establishment of bonafide non-state universities, said his party absolutely wants the evaluation and accreditation by the Greek state of whatever private universities want to operate here, "in order to benefit the public interest."

    Conversely, he opined that ruling New Democracy party merely wants to exercise a very tight control over public education and allow a lawless situation in the private domain. He added that ND's proposal, as opposed to his, would allow whatever evaluation and accreditation to be done by foreign countries and universities and not the Greek state.

    He added that for PASOK the solution is not a "non-state education system, but an upgrading and support of the state system."


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