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According to Laris's news, the government plans to invest 12 million drachmas in the construction of several new universities. This is a very clever conspiracy.

Twelve million dollars spent on building three new universities may not be enough.

Therefore, what Laris said can be understood this way, that is, the government's investment in education is only used for the construction of these universities.

There is no doubt that what the government does is to directly pick peaches, and the hard work of watering, fertilizing, and taking care of the peach trees is left to the foundation. Junior and secondary education is still the responsibility of the foundation.

Higher education is the end of the education system and the concentrated expression of educational achievements.

Universalizing primary education can open up people's intelligence, improve their quality, and increase their literacy rate. However, these benefits are not intuitive and cannot be intuitively felt.

Higher education is different. The number of college students it has trained has made college graduates become social elites such as lawyers and scientists. These results of higher education are very intuitive.

Therefore, the government spends less money to show the public a huge sense of achievement. This approach is very stupid.

The competition between the education foundation and the government for influence in the field of education is essentially a conflict between the royal power and the government. Therefore, although Prime Minister Alexandros had a close relationship with Constantine himself, he himself also knew Despite the royal family's actions in the field of education, the government will still not sit back and watch others lose control of the field of education.

Constantine's mind was spinning, and these thoughts appeared in his mind one by one.

Regardless of the original intention of the government to invest in education, this is indeed a good thing for the development of education in Greece.

At the very least, after the government's investment is completed, Greece will have several more universities and can cultivate more talents every year.

“The government is willing to increase investment in education, which is naturally a good thing. However, at the stage of implementation, higher education in Greece is not urgently needed,” Ikios said happily after hearing the government’s investment.

"Instead, it is technical colleges. Greece is currently in short supply of technical talents. It is not as cost-effective to build a number of technical schools."

The level of technical school is equivalent to high school in the education system. However, if high school students cannot enter college, they do not have much advantage in employment.

Technical schools are different. The learning time is short. After all, there is no need to go to college for four years, which can save four years of time and money.

Learn professional and practical skills in technical schools. Graduates of these technical schools are very popular with factory owners, as evidenced by the rapid development of Greek technical colleges.

As for higher education, considering Greece’s total population and economic structure, it simply cannot provide that many high-end jobs for college students.

Moreover, once the number of college graduates expands rapidly, resulting in serious unemployment among graduates, it will cause serious social problems.

It will also result in a waste of talent, with high-level talents succumbing to low-end positions and taking low-end jobs that high school students or even people with lower academic qualifications could be qualified for.

Historically, after Bulgaria became independent, the number of college students increased rapidly, but the society could not provide them with sufficient jobs. As a result, these large numbers of unemployed college graduates later became the main force of the revolution and the source of power of the Bulgarian gcd.

"What President Ichios said makes sense. The development of higher education cannot be divorced from social reality, and the more college students, the better," Constantine advised Laris.

Larisse frowned, thinking about this suggestion of developing a technical school.

He also understood in his heart that the government was rushing to expand higher education regardless of waste, and also had the intention of reducing the influence of the University of Athens.

As the only comprehensive university in Greece, the Education Foundation accounts for 70% of the funding of the University of Athens. The Education Foundation and the University of Athens developed almost simultaneously.

If the government's plan to build three new universities can be completed, then the dominance of the University of Athens in the field of higher education in Greece can be effectively contained over time.

However, it is indeed undesirable to blindly expand the scale of higher education. After all, it is impossible to waste a large amount of social resources just to compete for educational influence.

"In this case, then build a comprehensive university in Tirana, and then use the remaining money for technical schools. In the future, when the teachers of these technical schools are developed, the technical schools can be promoted to real universities according to the needs of society," Laris said.

This is where the government and education foundations each take a step back.

After everyone in the conference room communicated with each other, no one had any objections, so this suggestion was considered to be approved by everyone.

“The current education system in our country is generally modeled after Germany’s civic education,” said Principal Ikios.

"Since the government will vigorously develop higher education in the future, the personnel system reform of our Greek universities must also change."

"Many of the University of Athens recruit teachers from Europe. These foreign talents are currently the mainstay of Greek higher education."

"Most of these people are young scholars. They are willing to come to Greece to teach, mostly because of the generous salaries we offer. Once European universities have opportunities, they are more willing to return," Ikios said helplessly.

Laris said inexplicably: "Since we offer higher salaries, why do they still tend to go back? This is unreasonable."

"In order to ensure academic freedom, German universities generally adopt a professor-governed system. These professors are small in number and have tenure. They have a high status in the university and a high social status."

"As for our University of Athens, it has always been in a period of rapid development. In terms of institutional construction, we are a little eager for quick success." At this point, President Ichios looked at Constantine and his wife.

As the president of the foundation, Sophie was born in the German royal family. The modern university operating system originated in Germany, so she naturally understood the principles of professors running the school.

It's just that the University of Athens has only been established for a short period of time, and the Education Foundation is the largest financial backer of the University of Athens. Sometimes it is inevitable that it will appear to be bossy, which makes external teachers uncomfortable and feel that forces outside the school can interfere in the running of the school at will.

Moreover, Greece is such a comprehensive university. Whenever technical problems are encountered in development, the University of Athens will naturally come to mind.

Just like after the oil fields appeared in Albania, Constantine gave an order and the University of Athens immediately mobilized faculty and formed a petroleum research group to study petroleum-related chemical technologies.

"In this case, in the subsequent construction of higher education, we must also ensure the academic freedom of Greek universities, learn from the advanced status of European universities, and gradually adopt a professor-governed school system to ensure academic freedom," Sophie concluded.