Education minister: Attempts to prevent refugee children from attending Oreokastro school 'not acceptable'
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The decision taken by the Parents and Guardians Association of the 5th Primary School in Oreokastro, Thessaloniki to block the enrollment of refugee children was "not acceptable and not representative of Greek society," Education Minister Nikos Filis commented on Tuesday.
He added that this "was fortunately the reaction of a small minority, does not concern all parents and all children, nor even a substantial majority of parents and children."
"I want to say that under the ministry's programme, these young children, the refugee children, will attend reception classes in the afternoon in order to learn the language and gradually pass, at first through friend groups and then to the lessons of normal classes. But gradually. Also, we have taken all measures as the state, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) and we, for the children to have the necessary vaccinations. There is therefore no serious reason, there is prejudice," Filis said.
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