2024-04-15 09:51:17
With his parliamentary intervention, as well as specific proposals to the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, the Dodecanese Member of Parliament raises the issue of upgrading the Kalymnos Diving School.
He emphasizes that the Kalymnos Diving School, apart from the fact that it is connected to the special characteristics and history of the island, is the only public diving school in Greece and its upgrade will turn it into a pole of attraction for students, as well as a point of reference for the maritime training in the wider Mediterranean region, giving the island extra value.
Mr. Konsola’s 6 proposals include:
– Ensuring funding for the operation of the Diver School through the Public Investment Program, in collaboration with the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Finance.
– Two years of study at the School to obtain a degree and certification, as is also done in IEK, instead of 40 working days, as is the case today.
– Each academic year should include 7 months of theoretical-practical training and 4 months of practical training in submarines, sponges, shellfish farming, technical work, pipelines, underground cable laying, port establishment, biological cleaning, mining rigs
oil, wreck recovery.
– Changing and improving the level of the curriculum. The educational program must include courses related to Geology, Archaeology, Foreign Languages as well as Environmental Protection and dealing with pollution incidents.
– Liaison of the Kalymnos Diver School with the International Marine Contractors Association, which represents the vast majority of contractors and suppliers in the offshore marine construction industry worldwide, thus ensuring employment conditions for its graduates.
– Providing the possibility of continuing education to the graduates of the Diver School, in order to be able to continue their studies or specialize in corresponding schools abroad.
The full text of Mr Consola’s parliamentary intervention is attached.
To
Chief Minister of Shipping and Island Policy
SUBJECT: “Proposals to upgrade the Kalymnos Diving School”
Mr. Minister,
The Kalymnos Diving School, apart from the fact that it is connected to the special characteristics and history of the island, is the only public diving school in Greece.
The duration of study at the School to obtain the degree is 40 working days, while the School reopened in the fall of 2023.
It is a given that the upgrading of the School will turn it into a pole of attraction for students, as well as a point of reference for maritime education in the wider Mediterranean area, giving the island added value.
In this direction, there are specific proposals to upgrade the Kalymnos Diving School, which include:
– Ensuring funding for the operation of the Diver School through the Public Investment Program, in collaboration with the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Finance.
– Two years of study at the School to obtain a degree and certification, as is also done in IEK, instead of 40 working days, as is the case today.
– Each academic year should include 7 months of theoretical-practical training and 4 months of practical training in submarines, sponges, shellfish farming, technical work, pipelines, underground cable laying, port establishment, biological cleaning, oil rigs, wreck recovery.
– Changing and improving the level of the curriculum. The educational program must include courses related to Geology, Archaeology, Foreign Languages, but also Environmental Protection and dealing with pollution incidents.
– Liaison of the Kalymnos Diver School with the International Marine Contractors Association, which represents the vast majority of contractors and suppliers in the offshore marine construction industry worldwide, thus ensuring employment conditions for its graduates.
– Providing the possibility of continuing education to the graduates of the Diver School, in order to be able to continue their studies or specialize in corresponding schools abroad.
Following the above
The Prime Minister is asked
1. What is the Ministry of Shipping’s plan regarding the upgrading of the Kalymnos Diver School?
2. Does he intend to consider some of the above proposals and which ones?
The Questioning Member of Parliament
Manos Konsolas
Dodecanese Member of Parliament
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