Greece

Unvaccinated teachers in Greece will have to show a negative test or proof of Covid-19 antibodies to enter schools for the upcoming school year.

By Paula Tsoni Eight-year-old Greek pupil Tasos Gerantidis has settled into his new school in Germany, just few months after he made headlines for his astonishing advanced calculation skills and record-high IQ score. The young boy's family made the hard decision...

Greek teachers walked off the job on Friday to protest against a bill which would change middle and high school curricula and regulate the country's university entrance system. Members of the Greek Federation of Secondary State School Teachers (OLME) went...

Thousands of public school teachers joined a rally in central Athens on Thursday protesting the Education Ministry's proposed law on a new hiring system for teachers. The proposed legislation is scheduled to be put to a vote on Thursday in...

  Teachers and riot police clashed in central Athens on Monday afternoon, following a protest against a new system of hiring educators which the Greek government announced recently. The protest was organized by D.O.E. and O.L.M.E., the largest teachers' unions in...

A group of teachers was on ERT TV shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, interrupting the main news broadcast. The newscaster suddenly announced, mid-report, that the broadcast was being interrupted for a commercial break. When the newscaster returned from the break viewers...

Dozens of teachers clashed with the police outside the Greek parliament in Syntagma Square on Friday over the government's proposed reforms to the educational system. Riot police used tear gas to push the demonstrators away in clashes which happened to...

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...

The Magnesia Association of Secondary State School Teachers (ELME) rejected a Bodossakis Foundation donation to supply all high school science labs in the prefecture. The teacher unionists called the donation "an effort to commodificate education" and in a statement they...

A Greek court in Rhodes has imposed stiff fines on two teachers for recording a verbal exchange with their supervisor against his will. The court ordered the two teachers to pay a €1,000 ($1,224) fine each plus legal expenses adding...

The Rector of the University of Patras said that he and other Heads of Departments were assaulted by a group of students during an open meeting to discuss operational and academic issues. In a press statement the Rector said that...

The school year started on Monday in Greece with the traditional holy water sanctification. Over one million students went to class, but with 5,000 less teachers. Specifically, the first bell for the 2017-2018 school year rang for 573,744 grade school...

Greece has the second worst ratio of teachers to students in the EU, according to a new comparative study of European higher education institutions. According to the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (ADIP) the ratio in Greece is one...

After the success of last year, 10 Greek teachers will participate in the innovative Summer School program entitled "Playing with protons" of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. The CERN Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment aims to bring...

The Greek bailout not only came with financial restructuring and pension cuts but also included mass hiring freezes that could continue to affect how children are taught in secondary schools. The hiring freeze in combination with a large numbers of...