Greek high school students and teachers rallied against the new Greek Education law in Athens on Friday.
The first protest to take place since the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdown measures in Greece was marked with a blatant disregard of social distancing rules, though a large number of protestors wore masks and gloves as they urged the government to withdraw the legislation.
The new law foresees an increase in the number of students per class in preschool and primary school, will set an age limit for EPAL, and will tighten the criteria for students to pass from one class to the next. It is also expected that students will also be marked for ‘behaviour’ as had been the case in the past.
Schools and universities in Greece have been shut since 6 March as part of coronavirus measures, and there are fears as to what this will mean for Greece’s students. Protestors demanded that the government set a specific date for university entrance exams.
Those who took to the streets were also concerned about students education and called on the government to take measures to ensure that all children had access to modern equipment to facilitate online learning.
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The Greek government had already announced a possible return to schools to be re-examined on 11 May as restriction measures are slowly lifted from 4 May.
