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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes

The last of the three government bills due to be adopted before Parliament’s summer recess begins was adopted on Thursday amid much acrimony.

New government aims for extensive changes to education system

Greece’s education minister Niki Kerameus announced New Democracy’s plans for changes in the Greek education system in parliament on Sunday, which include changes to steer the education system towards the job market and sweeping modernisations.

ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda

Reforms in the education and judicial systems are high on the agenda of the new government, with officials indicating that New Democracy is already preparing to make significant changes on both fronts.

Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes

By: Georgia Nakou

Since key constituencies, including private and public sector workers and the young, abandoned governing SYRIZA to hand New Democracy a comfortable 9.5 percent lead in the May 26 European Parliament elections, the parties have been vying for the middle-class vote.

Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education

A report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how austerity damaged the country’s education system and exacerbated inequality in accessing education.

Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities

By: Georgia Nakou

Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis used a speech to educators late last month to attack the government’s policies on higher education and outline his own party’s agenda.

Greece scores low on index for skills development, activation and matching

Greece has scored poorly in the first European Skills Index (ESI) released by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says

By: Omaira Gill

The Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) has released a study examining how the crisis has impacted Greece’s education and labour market.

Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short

A study by the Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE) of the GSEE has shown that even though education in Greece is free, families spend around 3 billion euros annually on education-related expenses.

Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets

It was New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s turn to step into the spotlight at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) last weekend and set out his proposals.