(Daily Sabah) Greece’s Education Ministry shut down five more schools attended by students from the country’s Turkish minority, drawing criticisms from the minority population. Schools were shut down due to the low number of students according to the ministry.
The number of minority schools closed since 2011 reached 65 with the latest decision by the ministry. The decision made public on July 31 covers schools in Rodop (Rhodope) and İskeçe (Xanthi), two regions in Western Thrace where the Turkish minority is concentrated.
Salih Ahmet, head of the Teachers’ Association for the minority group, said it was the “wrong decision” to close down schools or merge them under the pretext of lack of students and in no way contributed to education of minorities.
