(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, MAR 8 - Thousands of students protested
in Athens Friday hours before parliament was set to approve a
disputed law on private universities which they say will create
a two-tier favouring the rich. The new law will make degrees
from approved private institutions equivalent to the ones from
public universities while foreign universities will be allowed
to open branches in Greece using a nonprofit status despite
charging tuition fees. Students say the law will favour rich
students by allowing them to get into private universities with
lower grades while earning a degree that is on a par with one
from a public university. Some 13,000 people according to police
marched to parliament in Athens' central Syntagma Square on
Friday, chanting slogans and brandishing banners against the
reform. "No to education for the few and chosen, free education
for all," many chanted. (ANSA-AFP).
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