Thousands of students gathered in Athens on Thursday to protest against the planned admission of private universities, bringing the centre of the Greek capital to a standstill. The conservative government plans to allow such private institutions from 2025, provided that a corresponding catalogue of criteria is met. Students and teachers are concerned that education will become more and more elitist and that public universities could be neglected, while referring to the ban on private universities that is currently laid out in the Greek constitution. In addition to professors, other public sect…