Lots of countries have lousy universities, but Greece is a real scandal, given the nation’s history and cultural significance. Lately it’s been trying this and that – it’s even allowed private universities to operate!
It has also, most recently, legislated against “dormant students,” hundreds of thousands of people who’ve remained enrolled for ten, twenty years while doing absolutely nothing. Fully half of Greek university students retained this status until the government finally decided this was kind of stupid.
So they’re inching along. But it’s a fundamentally corrupt, demoralized system, so good luck.