The school expenses were analyzed by the students to the Minister of Education, Costas Kadis. According to their organization, PSEM, "on average, as students we are required to pay more than € 2.500- € 3.000 per year for our registration, fees for the Cypriot exams, clothing, stationery, participation in excursions, private tutoring, buses and much more ".
According to the student movement, if the reduction of their parents' salaries, the increase of unemployment and the reduction of state benefits are taken into account, "we observe the very difficult situation in which the vast majority of families in Cyprus are".
At the same time, they reiterated to the Minister their request for the abolition of fares on school buses and the support of needy children, while at the same time they demanded an end to the closure of schools and the deprivation of enrollment of students in Technical Schools.
The Pancyprian Student Coordinating Committee submitted five specific proposals to Mr. Kadis: 1) Substantial reduction of the school enrollment amount, at the beginning of the year. 2) Substantial reduction of fees for the Cypriot exams. 3) Reduction of tuition fees in State Training Institutes. 4) Increase of positions in KIE and 5) increase of positions in public universities of Cyprus.
"Unfortunately, we did not find the appropriate response from the Minister, who, although he told us that he would study our proposals, noted that it is very difficult for them to be done", according to the Organization. At the same time, he condemned the attitude of a Ministry official who insisted on the return of the student uniform.
Students are finally wondering how 20 businessmen owe billions to the state, and the government instead of doing something for them, "with the greatest ease of closing schools, imposing fees and saying it can not reduce school costs, because there is no money ".
Source: FILELEFTHEROS