By the end of July, the Ministry of Education and Culture will announce its proposal to diversify certain aspects related to the Pancyprian Examinations, which will be based on the views of a Special Committee working on improving the procedures of the Pancyprian Examinations.
This was announced today by the Minister of Education and Culture, Costas Kadis, when asked, after the announcement of the results of the HEIs of Cyprus and the Military and Drama Schools of Greece, whether Pancyprian Examinations will be held next year or whether there will be their separation. is working on the issue of improving the procedures of the Pancyprian Examinations and by the end of July we will announce the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Culture, which will be based on the views of this Committee to differentiate certain aspects related to the Pancyprian Examinations. "One of these aspects is expected to be the separation of the final exams from the pre-admission exams, because these exams serve different purposes", he added. The Minister of Education said that an analysis of the results "shows exactly the need to do this separation and everything shows that we will move in this direction. "" However, we will have official announcements from the Ministry of Education and Culture until the end of July, the necessary consultations with all stakeholders will follow, so that with the opening of Parliament with the differentiation of the relevant legislation where this is required and to start the implementation of the new system if possible from next year ", he added.The possibility of exceptional reduction to Modern Greek is being investigated
Regarding the course of Modern Greek and the results, Mr. Kadis stated that taking into account the very low performance and all the inconvenience caused, the Ministry of Education and Culture contacted the Legal Service to see if an exceptional reduction can be made. "This investigation is in progress and we will announce the result when the investigation is completed by the Legal Service", he added. As a result, the Minister of Education said that access is not affected at all. "It will improve, if the Legal Service tells us that we can move in this direction, the grade of all students in their diploma", he added. acknowledging that there was ultimately a problem with the Modern Greek exam paper, Mr Kadis said it was a reaction by the Ministry of Education and Culture in the very low performance in this course, which show an increased degree of difficulty and is done exceptionally. In observation if it is not a failure on the part of the subjects, then the problem of education is wider, the Minister of Education said that the data They concern both this course and all other courses, are carefully analyzed by the Ministry of Education and Culture and are based on this analysis that will occur and improvements in procedures which will be announced very soon.Source: KYPE