Education in Greece

Although businesses in Greece report a shortage of staff in cutting-edge specialties, OECD data show that 33.3% of vocational education graduates aged 25-29 are unemployed and not participating in an educational program that could enhance their professional skills.

"Scope Ratings" today, upgraded Greece's credit rating to "BB +", from "BB" previously, setting our country a "step" away from the investment level, commented Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras, with a post on Facebook.

An open letter published by five respected Greek academics and politicians calls for the abolition of a law preventing police from entering university grounds and an end to tolerance of campus violence.

There was nothing in the latest report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regarding Greek education that came as a surprise, that we didn't know from personal experience or has been widely debated for years on end.

Only one in two Greek workers has skills that correspond to market needs, with 77 percent of employers saying they have difficulties finding the right employees, according to a study carried out by the Greek office of Ernst & Young, the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Endeavor Greece.

The Panhellenic Association of Philologists (PEF) have reacted strongly against the plan by the Greek Education Ministry to scrap the teaching of classical play Antigone of Sophocles in high school.

The General Secretary of the Education Ministry, Yiannis Pantis, met at Thessaloniki with central Macedonia’s Mayors, in order to present to them the education plan for refugee children.

The Panhellenic Exams for university entry will be held for the children of Greeks living abroad and children of Greek officials serving abroad from September 7 to September 11 at examination centers in Athens and Thessaloniki.

The following exam program is being offered:

The UK education authority’s decision to remove the A-Level Modern Greek exam as of 2017 has met with the opposition of the Greek and Cypriot community. Edexcel, one of the organizations that handles exams in the UK is following the lead of other organizations that want to remove a number of Asian, African and European languages from the list of A-level exams.

By Maria Katsounaki

Why should excellence be perceived as some kind of stigma or twisted ambition?

Let?s leave aside the contradictory announcements made by the Education Ministry regarding model experimental schools and take a closer look at the meaning of certain words.