Reirs is also Minister of Education

Photo: Ieva Makare / LETA

Minister of Education and Science Kārlis Šadurskis stepped down yesterday. In its place, until the approval of the new government, the Ministry of Education and Science will be headed by the Minister of Welfare, Janis Reirs.

K. Šadurskis ended his operation in the government led by Maris Kucinska, while he decided to accept the mandate of a member of the European Parliament who, having been elected to the 13th Saeima , had been lost by Artis Pabriks. Ojars Ēriks Kalniņš was the next tournament in the European Parliament (EP), but he refused the mandate of MEP because he had been elected to the 13th Saeima. K.Sadurskis did not win the mandate of a new member of Saeima, remaining first behind the stroke.

K. Shadurskis told reporters on Tuesday that he had received a statement from the EP General Secretariat on the mandate of the MEP, which should be adopted or rejected accordingly. "In this uncertain situation, I think I have to fulfill the current mandate of the EP, a mandate of the EP," the ministry told the LETA newspaper. K. Šadurskis pointed out that "New Unity" had asked to continue to lead the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) within the new government. He acknowledged that if the negotiations on the edification of the government came to fruition and if it was proposed to reorganize the Ministry of Education and Science, "this would be taken into account". For the adoption of the so-called "flexible mandate" at the 13th Saeima, if one of the elected parliamentarians in the Riga constituency gets a ministerial position, Shadursky has not yet been decided.

After a government meeting, K. Sadurskis said that she had done a remarkable job in endorsing the government's new standard for basic education and admission to institutions. Higher Education. "There is an unresolved issue – three Cabinet regulations on licensing and accreditation procedures.As a result, all that is written in a government statement from the Ministry of Education. and Science is realized.This government will not introduce new policy initiatives, including in the field of education, as a new government should be put in place.Therefore, I have to fulfill the mandate that m & # 39, told the electorate.It is now a term of MEP, "said K. Šadurskis.

Prime Minister Andrejs Vaivars, the Prime Minister's press secretary, told the minister, who will continue to serve as Minister of Education and Science, the ministers who, in the government, represent the Party of Unit with K. Shadursky. Previously, in this government, there was already a precedent when one of the members of the Cabinet of Ministers had held two positions for a long time. It's Prime Minister, Maris Kuccinskis, who has replaced her party member in the Green and Farmers' Union, Health Minister Andean Chacche, while she was on leave. parental.

Jānis Reirs, who asked how he could combine the work in two ministries and a deputy to the Saeima, replied: "It's possible because until now, we had to replace colleagues from time to time. This usually happened in a few days, but it seems like I should now work longer, although we hope that the new government will soon begin to badume its responsibilities. "In the performance of his duties as Minister of Education and Science, he will have to ensure that the new rules for opening and accreditation of study guidelines, the rules for licensed degree programs and the rules for the accreditation of universities and colleges, which were already on the government's agenda on Tuesday, have however been implemented with ministries and social partners. Reirs also plans to go to the Saeima Commission on Education, Culture and Science to explain to the newly elected members what will be the new standard of government-approved basic education in the future.

Will Reiram be able to engage sufficiently in education reforms in a relatively short period of time or will it have to rely more heavily on the leaders of the IZM? "However, I am not only Minister of Social Affairs, but also a member of the Cabinet of Ministers.We talk a lot about reform in the government, so I am informed," said J. Reirs. He also "inherits" the office of the Ministry of K. Šadurska with all his staff: no change is brought by J. Reirs.