04-08-16  Details of refugee education in addition to related legislation.

Education, Research and Religious Affairs Minister Nikos Filis has amended a bill regarding the education of refugee children in an effort to improve the legislation.

The related article of the bill now reads:

“By joint decision of the Finance Minister and the Minister of Education, Research, and Religious Affairs, school reception facilities are to be established for the education of refugees, the organisation, operation, and coordination of the educational programme in the aforementioned [educational] facilities are determined, as are the criteria and procedures for staffing these.

By decision of the Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, teachers will be transferred or made available to the above reception educational facilities, and substitute teachers will be hired, through the State Budget, the Public Investment Programme, and the National Strategic Reference Framework [EU structural funding, known by the the Greek acronym ESPA].