Campus safety plans under assessment

The security plans submitted by rectory authorities of the major Greek universities will be evaluated during a meeting with the leadership of the ministries of Education and Citizen Protection at the latter's headquarters, according to reports.

Kathimerini understands that only four universities - out of the 25 in the country - have drawn up comprehensive security plans, approved by the Ministry of Citizen Protection. At the same time, the government has taken the political decision that law enforcement should intervene in every case of deviance on university premises, since until now the university staff essentially looked the other way, passing the buck of responsibility to the police, despite the autonomous status of these institutions.

Plans have been drawn up by the University of Patras, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the Athens University of...