Tertiary education

Greeks living abroad will be able to vote in the next national elections for the first time from their place of residence under certain conditions.

The Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas and the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis visited the Vocational School of the Public Employment Service - D.Y.P.A. in Egaleo, on the occasion of Europe Day.

In an attempt to train qualified tattoo artists, the Tattoo Master Academy has opened with the cooperation of Beykent University. 

On Friday, Prime Minister Florin Citu expressed his support for dual education, but also for the competition for funding between research centers.

The law establishing changes in university and tertiary education more generally - installing a special police force on campuses and other provisions stirred tensions and reactions - was passed into law by the ruling majority which extolled it in Parliament.

Only a third of citizens say they are satisfied with the quality of the education system as a whole, but the majority (59%) consider that university education in Romania is a quality one, according to an opinion barometer conducted within the project "Sustainable Romania" implemented by the General Secretariat of the Government through the Department for Sustainable Development.

The Romanian Maritime Training Centre (CERONAV) has announced preparing coordination and implementation stages for a new project to run on non-refundable EU funds worth almost 180,000 euros, to be carried out under the Erasmus + programme.

Around one in four university graduates, even those who have completed postgraduate degrees, are enrolling at vocational training institutes (IEKs), according to a study conducted by the General Confederation of Greek Workers' Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE), reflecting the fact their academic degrees did not secure them the job they had hoped for.

The conservative government is moving ahead with plans to gear universities to market needs, peg funding on performance and reduce the fragmentation of similar departments across the country.

Students at Turkey's vocational training schools are joining the country's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by producing protective masks, which have been on high demand since the outbreak.