Greece

A Greek student did extremely well in his Panhellenic exams despite losing both of his parents to the coronavirus earlier this year. 

The union of public university professors, POSDEP, is giving what they are calling a warning by going on strike Monday and Tuesday - the first two days of Greece's September exam period. They say that the strike is a warning...

The Lazaris triplets have made their family and the whole of Kalymnos island proud by excelling in June's Greek university entrance examinations. Michalis, Eleni and Stelios Lazaris secured places in the university and school of their choice after scoring high...

The university entrance exams, the most stressful test in any Greek student's life, began throughout the country on Friday. The exams or 'Panellinies' as they are known, will last three weeks and will define to a large extent the student's...

Greece's education minister has announced a radical overhaul of the country's education system, including the abolition of university entrance exams. In an interview with Greek daily Ta Nea, Kostas Gavroglou says the abolition will affect today's first-year secondary-school students and...

Seeing four 18-year-old girls, spitting images of one another, succeeding in the yearly university entry exams in different institutions is not something common, to say the least. The... quatrefecta, so to speak, was celebrated in their native Pyrgos, in the...

Education Minister Costas Gavroglou and the Greek government overall came under fire from the main opposition for going back and forth on the issue of university entrance examinations. On Thursday, when the results of the nationwide examinations were released by...

Greece's Ministry of Education on Thursday put an end to the suspense and worry of over 100,000 families by releasing the results of the nationwide university entrance exams, in which 104,965 high school graduates took part. The eagerly-awaited results with...

"We will not retract the reform," said Education Minister Costas Gavroglou, referring to an earlier statement that the university entry examinations will be abolished. While a few days ago Gavroglou had stated that the university entry exam system will not...

Despite earlier announcements by Education Minister Kostas Gavroglou for the abolition of the Pan-Hellenic Examinations for entering Greek higher education institutions, Greek students will continue to have entry exams. The Greek government's pledge for free access of all Greek students...

Τhe results of the nationwide university entrance exams were released by the country’s Education Ministry on Friday. Results were put up at schools across the country. More than 104,000 pupils competed for 70,726 places at one of the country’s state-run...

The two-year International Baccalaureate is the Ministry of Education proposal, upon which the changes in the structure of secondary education and university entry examinations will be based. The changes are deemed necessary after last week's results for the yearly university...

Greece's Education Ministry on Wednesday announced the results of the university and technical college entry exams, with seven out of ten students passing. Specifically, out of 105,548 candidates, 72,973 qualified for entry in universities, Higher Ecclesiastical Academies, colleges, Military and...

The Panhellenic exams, the Greek university entrance exams began on Monday May 17th, with more than 100,000 senior high school students sitting down for their last and most crucial exams. A total of 103,366 students will be taking the exams...

Tertiary student transfers from one institution to another for the 2013-2014 academic year have been deemed unconstitutional by the Council of State, meaning that transferred students must return to their original school. Meanwhile the Education Minister has declared changes...