Kyriakos Mitsotakis: The four major challenges for Athens College (video)

The second “involves composition of the student body itself and whether the College is still a school that gives opportunities to children regardless of their financial situation. How many get in through exams and how many through other means. It is something we should be concerned about. I think in the last few decades it has lost that social stratification that it had in our time.”

The third challenge is about the financial opportunities of the College. “I envision, dear presidents, a College that has a fiduciary so strong, that allows any student who can afford it to enter authoritatively through examinations and, if they cannot afford the fees, they are covered by the trust. I think the College should set that goal.”

The fourth “is linked to the different priorities of our students. How the school will truly become an inclusive school that recognizes diversity, respects and recognises the major mental health problems that we sadly see children and teenagers facing and how that really becomes a priority so that children are happy at school and having a good time.”

“We may have done relatively well in life and to some extent we owe that to the College. But let’s not forget that there were some who graduated from College with unpleasant experiences, with difficult experiences that had to do with practices that in our time may have been acceptable, but today may not be acceptable. So the focus on the mental health of our children with all the tools we can give them so that they can become complete and happy people and creative citizens, I think should be a priority for schools for the next 100 years. Or let’s say for the next 10 years, because we won’t be here for the 200 years of the College,” he added.

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