Two bills related to the "Elementary Education Law" have been submitted to the Parliament and are expected to be discussed in the Education Committee soon.
The first, which has already been included in the agenda of the Committee for discussion next Wednesday, has been submitted by DIKO MP, Pavlos Mylonas and its purpose is to amend the law in question, so that children with an immigrant biography and primary school age and above, are accepted to attend a public primary school, if they attend Greek language courses offered by the competent Authority.
It is also noted that it should be established that the children have a good knowledge of the Greek language after passing a relevant examination organized by the competent Authority.
It is recalled that this issue has been of concern to those involved in recent years, quite often. This is because difficulties are found in the integration and communication of students with a migrant biography in several school units. In addition to the difficulties in the pedagogical process, the children themselves also face problems, as they cannot understand the lesson in many cases, so they cannot easily follow the teaching.
As for the second bill that has been submitted, it also deals with a much-discussed issue, which is also of great concern to the stakeholders. This is the supervision and safekeeping of mainly young students, when the school hours are completed and there is a delay in receiving them from their parents and guardians. The proposal has been submitted by the MP of DIPA, Alekos Tryfonidis and its purpose is to amend the law so that before the start, as well as after the end of the school hours, the responsibility for the supervision and guarding of the students who remain in the school units until they are received by their parents/guardians will have people who will be appointed by the School Boards.
As "F" is informed, the goal is to pay an additional amount of money to a person who is already at school, or who will be hired for this purpose, to be at school for a reasonable period of time after the children go to school until they are received by their parents, in order to avoid the phenomenon of young children being left alone outside schools, on the sidewalks waiting and being exposed to all kinds of dangers.
