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OLME Unionists Protest Outside Ministry of Education

Some of the members of the secondary school teacher’s union (OLME) held a protest outside the Hellenic Ministry of Education earlier this morning. The work stoppage took place between 11am and 5pm. The teachers union is protesting against the closure...

Renaming the Hellenic Ministry of Education- What's the Price?

During the period when George Papandreou was Greece's PM, most of the country's ministries were renamed. But we were never informed about how much these changes would cost. Greece's new three-party coalition government decided to unite two ministries, that of...

Students Protest as Greek Ministry of Education Announce Plans to Merge Schools

Dozens of primary and secondary schools are occupied by pupils and students after the Greek Ministry of Education released plans to merge schools across the country. In Athens, Crete, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Agrinio, Magnisia, Imathia, Kozani hundreds of...

Students, Teachers Storm Greek Education Ministry (video)

Dozens of students and teachers stormed the Ministry of Education building in Athens on Friday in protest against planned reforms in Greece's secondary schools. The group forced its way inside the building, despite a heavy police presence, and demanded a...

Scrapping of Latin Brings to Light the Chronic Problem of Greece's Education Ministry

Greek Education Minister Costas Gavroglou has once again become the epicenter of controversy after Monday's announcement that he intends to get rid of Latin from the school curriculum and replace it with Sociology. First it was the Philosophy School of the...

Education Ministry Abolishes High School Trips Abroad

                            (Education Minister Costas Gavroglou) Greece's Ministry of Education has decided that, secondary school student trips abroad in the framework of programs of environmental and cultural character,...

Education Ministry Investigates Case of Afghan Student Denied to Carry Parade Flag

The Greek ministry of Education has launched an investigation into the curious -and potentially racist- incident of an 11-year-old Afghan student who was evidently denied to carry the Greek flag in his student parade, despite being drawn to do...

Distribution of Scholarly Books Suspended as Greek Education Ministry Delays Payment

The Association of Scientific Book Publishers decided to suspend the distribution of scholarly books to university students for the 2017-2018 academic due to the delay of payment from the Education Ministry. Each year, scholarly books and textbooks are given to higher...

Greek Education Ministry: University Entry Exams Not Abolished

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...

New Education Ministry Bill Brings Greek Universities Back to 1982

Protection of the university asylum and the participation of students' representatives in the governing bodies of universities and the appointment of Rectorate Councils by the education ministry are included in the new bill on higher education drafted by the...

Greek Philologists Criticize Education Ministry for Biased History Books

The Pan-Hellenic Association of Philologists (PEF) is criticizing the Ministry of Education and especially the Institute for Educational Policy (IEP), stressing that the new history books are biased and subjective. As the statement of PEF explains, the proposed IEP project...

Greek Education Ministry to Abolish 'Conduct' Grading in Schools

Twenty-eight Syriza MPs have proposed that the "decent conduct" grading of students who deviate from proper behavior should be abolished, with the education minister agreeing to the new measure. Under Presidential Decree 104 of 1979, the conduct of students when...

Education Ministry to Put Turkish Language Lessons in Thrace Kindergartens

A new Greek Ministry of Education program provides for the teaching of the Turkish language in kindergartens for the Muslim minorities in Thrace, according to a Proto Thema report. President of the Institute for Educational Policy Gerasimos Kouzelis said that the...

Greek Education Ministry to Change Religion Lessons as of September

The Greek Ministry of Education has decided to change the lesson of Religion in the new school year, according to a Proto Thema website report. The decision comes after the recent clash between previous education minister Nikos Filis and the...

Education Ministry Denies Reports it Plans to Axe ‘Antigone’ From High School Curriculum

The education ministry rejected press reports on Thursday that the Institute of Educational Policy was planning to remove the teaching of Sophocles’ classic play “Antigone” from the high school curriculum. “No such proposal has been officially submitted,” the ministry said,...