The government has launched a ‘witch hunt’ to trace the individual behind the facebook page that is apparently coordinating the student sit-ins that have swept schools across the country.
Education Minister Andreas Loverdos has ordered the country’s computer crime squad to investigate whether the individual behind the page is a student or not.
“If the page is a student one, then fine. It’s students using technology. But if it’s a person of a different age, who want to impact the operation of schools, then there is problem.,” Loverdos was quoted as telling the computer crime squad chief Manolis Sfakianakis.
Loverdos also denied rumours the government had anything to do with the decision by Supreme Court chief prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamanis to call on local prosecutors across the country to take legal action against the sit-ins.
“The prosecutors are acting under their own initiative” he said.
Hundreds of secondary schools across the country have been under occupation by students, rallying under a call posted Sunday on the Facebook page – “Panhellenic Occupation, No to the new System’ for sit-ins in protest against education reforms.
Students are protesting against the changes enshrined in the ‘New Lyceum’ bill which has introduced a new exam system, changes to the curriculum -the ‘subject bank’-, the merging of schools, and shortages in funds and teachers.