Pierrakakis: Schools reform in first quarter of 2024

The "great reform" of public-sector schooling will most likely be established in the first quarter of 2024, according to an estimate given by Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis during the 34th Annual Greek Economic Forum (GES2023) organised by the Hellenic-American Chamber.

"All courses need to be updated with rapid steps and the way they are currently taught must stop. The example of literature is typical: we are still taught excerpts from literary works and not, as is the case throughout the rest of the world, a literary work from beginning to end. The correct way is to teach a whole book, and this will now be done with all the analytical dynamics needed," said Pierrakakis in his address to the GES on Tuesday.

"And all this needs to be on paper and not on a tablet. The feeling of a paper book is very important," he added.

"The new school needs to obey a triangle: algorithmic (and not just mathematical) thinking, literature, in other words imagination, and soft skills and volunteering in the sense of society, teamwork, belonging, making students care about what is happening around them," the minister said.