Universities are 'infested with violent minorities'

Greek universities suffer from "violent minorities and extra-university groups," while "cheating is rampant in exams", says New Democracy deputy, and former University of Athens rector, Theodoros Fortsakis.

Speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency in an interview published on Tuesday, Fortsakis said "the universities have unfortunately descended into a mess beyond description. They are infested with violent minorities, some departments of theirs are occupied by extra-university groups, heavy violations of law take place in their spaces, occupations systematically hamper classes, the organization of tuition and mainly of the students' assessment system has serious problems, a large number of students remains stagnant and cheating is rampant in examinations."

Fortsakis voiced his strong support to the proposal by New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the...