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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-01-08
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[01] Education minister in London
[01] Education minister in London
Greece's Education and Religious Affairs Minister Evripides
Stylianidis held talks here on Tuesday with the UK's minister for
higher education Bill Rammell, while attending an international
ministerial conference focusing on the use of technology in
education.
In statements after the meeting, Stylianidis said they discussed the
exchange of know-how and systematic cooperation in the quality
assessment of universities and other tertiary education institutes,
a process that is now beginning in Greece.
A second issue raised was that of cooperation between assessment and
certification authorities, so that Greece might obtain a picture of
the quality of each higher education institute in Britain that
currently has a franchise operation based in Greece.
"In view of a legislative act to regulate the chaotic field of 'free
studies' centres, we are interested in finding out from the British
State which of the universities that created adjuncts with this
structure in Greece have the required quality and approval of the
British State. We are operating within the framework of article 16
and of European law. As education ministry, however, we want to set
down clear-cut rules for controlling quality in these structures
that provide educational services prior to universities," the
minister noted.
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Education and Religious Affairs
Minister Evripides Stylianidis.
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