The Ministry of Education stubbornly refuses to give to the public the percentage of re-grades in the course of Modern Greek. Education circles estimate that the ministry's insistence on keeping this information secret is probably due to the large number of re-evaluations that have been made. Meanwhile, the uproar over this year's low marks of the candidates does not say to stop and it seems that the issue will reach the courtrooms, as the organized parents of Secondary Education are preparing to appeal to the Court.
In his statements, the president of the parents, Petros Koulermos, stated that the organization met yesterday, with the director of Secondary Education. The aim, he said, was to investigate possible ways to redress the injustice committed against the candidates in the Greek exams. According to Mr. Culermo, one solution would be, for example, the implementation of the proposal of the president of OELMEK. The latter suggested that, in the diplomas, the reduced (and not the initial) grades of the graduates should be taken into account. The head of the parents said that "we are waiting to see what the minister has to tell us" and whether he is working on any other proposal. Otherwise, he stressed, the parents will go to court. "It is enough to victimize the students," he said, explaining that the organization has already contacted legal advisers. As for the issue of re-assessments and why this is so important, the answer is given by the legislation itself. As provided by law, when between the two grades (s.s. each writing is corrected by two different graders) there is a difference of more than 10% then the writing is re-graded. Specifically, the two initial scores are covered and the grader corrects it without knowing them. According to the regulations, the final grade of the writing is twice the average of the three grades (on a scale of 200). Based on the above, the percentage of re-grades is a good indication of the degree of subjectivity of the "correct And "wrong" answers. Just note that the two graders who correct a writing, have in front of them the same questions, the same answers, but also the same correction instructions, but they can give a completely different grade. As for the silent fish observed by the ministry, the The argument he makes for not disclosing the number of writings re-evaluated is that it is an internal procedure. His spokesman acknowledged that this year, there was an increase in the rate of re-assessments in Greek, adding, however, that this is a very small increase compared to the previous two years. In the meantime, the movement of teachers and not only that, "they are a utter failure of the Minister of Education personally but also of his ministry". Among other things, he wonders what the minister intends to do to redress the injustice suffered by the thousands of candidates and whether the ministry continues to believe that there was nothing wrong with the writing. Please comment if the request can be accepted to be given The Minister of Education, Costas Kadis, answered in the negative, the reduced scores of Modern Greeks in schools for the diplomas of the candidates. He characteristically said that "there is no legal margin for such a thing to happen".
"To do research for the topics"
The president of OELMEK, Dimitris Taliadoros, requests the appointment of a research officer, in order to examine the legality of the composition of the Subject Committee of the examination essay of Modern Greek. According to him, combat teachers who participated in the Commission did not comply with the relevant regulations. Specifically, it refers to a circular of the Ministry of Education, according to which, those interested in taking on the role of subject or grader, must meet, among others, the following criterion: Third grade of Technical Schools in the course of the corresponding specialty ". According to Mr. Taliadoros, two of the combat teachers who participated in the Commission did not meet the above criteria. He also raises the issue of the fact that this year, only one ministry inspector participated in the Commission and not two, as was the case in previous years.Written with traps
Philologists argue that the problems of the Modern Greek examination essay are not limited to the vague subject of the exhibition. They estimate that several exercises, in all parts of the writing, hid traps for the candidates. A typical example they mention is the following: Always in the first part of the writing, the examinees are asked to summarize the unlearned text. This year, the relevant exercise asked: "to summarize in a continuous speech the main points of the text that document the title" The decade of pain "". And the best; While the students were asked for documentation of the title… the correction instructions spoke of a "summary" of the text. Greek teachers wonder why the Themes Committee decided to make the candidates difficult for no reason, causing unnecessary confusion and additional stress.Source: FILELEFTHEROS