It is time for a crisis for the implementation of the four-month exams, since today the secondary education teachers are called to vote whether they agree or disagree with the abstention during the four-month exams. At the same time, the Ministry of Education maintains that they are not worried about the result of the referendum.
The polls will open at 10:45 in the morning, ie the time of the second break, and will close at 11:15. During the referendum, the members of the teachers' organization are asked to answer the question: "Do I agree or disagree with strikes / Work stoppage on the days of the four-month exams?" Then the teachers will count the results and so on until noon. , the leadership of OELMEK will know the result of the referendum.
"I think OELMEK's position is clear. The Central Board of Directors has taken some decisions and we call on the members of our organization to respond ", said to REPORTER the president of the organization, Costas Hadjisavvas.
The plan B of the Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is not concerned about the result of the referendum, with the ministry spokesman telling REPORTER that the minister is considering the alternative.
"The Ministry of Education is ready to face the possibility of teachers abstaining from their duties, during the days of the exams. "But what we want to say is that it is good for students to be with their teachers in the exams, so that they have better results", noted Mr. Antonellos.
As it turns out, thoughts are being made to recruit, possibly civil servants to oversee the exams.
OELMEK is divided
The four-month exams caused division in OELMEK, as the General Secretary of the organization, Themis Polyviou, has divided his position, calling on his colleagues to vote in favor of the four-month exams.
At the same time, the vice-president of OELMEK, Pantelis Nikolaidis, is in the opposing camp, who in his posts on social media claims that as a branch they can not allow the pedagogical crime to take place, as he characterized the four-month exams.
"For € 50 we must not let the students fall victim. "Let us show our fighting and sensitizing self, as he flew and crushed Hampiouris in the summer of 2018. Let us not save Hampiouris who will celebrate, by committing the pedagogical crime of the four-month exams, that he defeated teachers, students and society." mentioned in an earlier post by Mr. Nikolaidis.
The president of the organization argued that there is no division, just different views and everything will be clear after the referendum.
OTLEK is in favor of the exams
OLTEK is in favor of the four-month exams, but changes must be made. to be functional.
According to the president of the organization of teachers of Secondary Technology, Panagiotis Lysandrou, the four-month exams, in order to be effective, must take place in January. The examinations should be done, Mr. Lysandrou noted, in order to identify the mistakes and to solve them.
Source: reporter