education

A new educational facility called “LEDU” was opened on the island of Leros on Thursday, aiming to help around 170 refugee children integrate smoothly in Greek schools and continue their education. The school, located in the area of Lepida, will...

The government will not step back on the matter of education for child refugees, stated Greek Education Minister Costantinos Gavroglou in parliament on Thursday. According to figures presented by Gavroglou, 2,500 child refugees are currently following the education program in...

Men occupy the majority of senior positions in the hierarchy of the education ministry and Greece's education administration system, based on the data supplied by the education ministry, IT platform myschool for the last school year (2015-2016). Women only hold...

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...

There is a deep divide between the school faculty and some parents at the 26th Larissa Primary School regarding integrating refugee children into classes. Sources report that while the principal and teachers are making the best of the situation to...

Greek native Kostas Souliaris moved to Canada from Greece five years ago. He settled in Jasper, Alberta, where there is a healthy Greek population and decided that it was about time that Greek language lessons were offered in the town. Although...

Aggeliki Pappa, founder of i love dyslexia, was nominated for the 2nd time to be among the 50 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2017, according to the establishment's press release. Papa's i love dyslexia (ILD) was established to allow children, adolescents and adults...

Three Greek five-year-olds on the Aegean island of Imvros, or Gökçeada in Turkish, are going to get the chance to go to a Greek kindergarten, the Turkish Education Ministry has announced. “It is a positive development instigated by the community...

The latest PISA test which demonstrates students' abilities in science and math has revealed that Greek students score below the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD organized the PISA exam, or Program for International Student Assessment,...

The Deputy Education Minister, Dimitris Baxevanakis, has taken to criticizing the efforts of students who occupy themselves with sit-ins in protest against various issues. On Friday Baxevanakis told Parliament that students who participate in sit-ins are in the minority and should...