Presenting the “Imagine Peace” educational programme created within the framework of the Olympic Truce and in the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, British Ambassador to Athens Dr. David Landsman, on Wednesday, said that its central message was that children could transmit the spirit of the Olympic Truce through dialogue and respect for [...]
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Greek Student Occupations Keep High Schools Closed
ATHENS – The school year began Sept. 12, but continued sit-ins and occupations by students protesting the failure of the government to provide textbooks and a host of other grievances have shuttered some 580 high schools, idling teachers and leading the state’s Supreme Court to order an investigation, while school officials have been reluctant to [...]
Students Protest Against New Education Reform
Athens’ downtown Panepistimiou street was closed to traffic at noon Thursday as university students from all over the country rallied against reforms to higher education contained in a new framework law on tertiary education that went into effect on Thursday as the new academic year officially opened. University students, joined at the Propylae by highschool [...]
Wave of Reforms Causes Chaos In Greek Universities
The situation at Universities and Technological Institutes of the country continues to be chaotic[...]
Exam-less Admission in Greek Universities For Greeks Living Abroad
On Friday, the Ministry of Education published the bill regarding the Greek Education abroad and the admission in the higher education and Institutes of Vocational Training (IEK). The admission in Universities (AEI) and Technological Educational Institutes (TEI) is really interesting. The bill stipulates: “The departments and schools of the Greek AEI and TEI or the AEI and [...]
Papandreou Says AEI and TEi Have Dispensed with State Control
Papandreou has announced that he is giving in to society foundations, and dispensed with state control over them. In this way, the institutions can work for their own good and not as means of satisfying the interest of a minority. The Prime Minister stated that AEI and TEI are examples of a tenuous situation which [...]
High Rate of Students Leaving Private Schools
According to an article in the Greek newspaper “Ethnos”, the economic crisis has also hit the private schools. It is estimated that the number of students attending private schools this year will be decreased by 25%. It seems that parents who belong to the middle class can no longer pay the very expensive tuition and [...]
6000 Teachers Retire, 600 Are Appointed this School Year
According to an article of the Greek newspaper “Ta Nea”, Minister of Education Anna Diamantopoulou announced that for this school year, only 600 teachers will be appointed, while 6,000 will be retiring. In addition, the number of substitute teachers will be decreased by 50% in comparison with last year. Mrs. Diamantopoulou assured that there will be [...]
US Teenagers Discover Greek Nature at The American Farm School’s Cultural Immersion Program
The American Farm School’s renowned cultural immersion program for U.S. teenagers, “Greek Summer,” was based in the beautiful farming village of Nea Gonia, Halkidiki this year. Each girl or boy lived with a different host family, while as a community service project, the group built a recreation and seating area around an historic stone springhouse [...]
Schools May Remain Closed in September Due to Strikes
It now seems likely that schools will not open on September 12 as planned. Greek teachers and professors of secondary education unions claim they will begin strikes, in protest against the cutting of their benefits and additional deductions for the unemployed. They are also concerned about the reduced number of permanent employees (600) and the 7.500 substitute [...]
Schools for Students “Above 18″ in Athens
According to the decision of the Deputy Minister of Education, Fofi Gennimata, new secondary education schools will open in the Exarchia region of Athens under the scope of the drug rehabilitation unit “Above 18”. The classes are open to citizens who have or will soon come off drugs and have not been enrolled in secondary [...]
American College of Greece & ALBA Announce Collaboration in Graduate Business Education
The administrations of The American College of Greece and ALBA Graduate Business School have reached a preliminary agreement on an exclusive strategic collaboration in graduate business education. The goal of this collaboration is to combine both institutions’ resources in pursuing an ambitious growth strategy to strengthen their leadership position in higher education in Greece and [...]
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- Thessaloniki: 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated of Seferis Literature Nobel Prize May 23, 2012
- ‘Doctors of the World’ International Conference to be Held in Greece May 22, 2012
- Crete is a Mediterranean ‘Treasure’ of Aromatic Plants and Herbs May 22, 2012
- Crete to Export Products to Australia May 21, 2012
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