Government accused of fiasco over launch of non-state universities

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Corruption, Education, Media, New Democracy, PASOK-KINAL, SYRIZA
Photo by Angelos Christofilopoulos/Fosphotos
Photo by Angelos Christofilopoulos/Fosphotos

A flagship education policy of the New Democracy government is providing fodder for the opposition after the uptake for the first round of non-state university licenses appears to have vastly undershot its promises.

Reports say just a handful of institutions met the conditions to be granted licenses to operate as the first non-state universities in Greece, set by a controversial law passed in March 2024. New Democracy aggressively promoted legislation to open up th...

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