Strengthening the Public University – Framework for the operation of non-profit branches of foreign universities
Opening of public consultation
The draft law of the Ministry of Education, which was put to public consultation, moves on two main axes: the qualitative upgrading of public higher education and the establishment of non-profit branches of foreign universities in Greece (N.P.P.E.). Specifically, it provides for the organizational expansion and strengthening of the Democritus University of Thrace, the administrative and educational modernization of the Hellenic Open University (with the introduction of face-to-face teaching), as well as the strengthening of the autonomy, extroversion and digital transformation of the
At the same time, it introduces a strict framework of state licensing and certification for foreign branches with the aim of halting the exodus of students abroad, while it also includes individual arrangements for EOPPEP, special education and primary and secondary education.
