Education Ministry

A ministerial decision formally ending the practice of Greek schools publishing the religious faith and nationality of pupils on school certificates and on Education Ministry's Myschool website was signed on Friday by Education Minister Niki Kerameus. 

Syrian children lacking Turkish-language skills will be put in special adaptation classes opened just for them where they will be provided Turkish language courses, before they integrate with Turkish students, a senior official from the Education Ministry has said. 

A decision by the Education Ministry made public on Tuesday formally ends the practice of Greek schools publishing the religious faith and nationality of pupils on school certificates and the ministry's Myschool website.   

A decision by the Education Ministry made public on Tuesday puts an official end to the practice of Greek schools keeping records of the religious faith and nationality of pupils and the inclusion of pupils' faith on school degrees or the ministry's "myschool" website.   

A decision by the Education Ministry made public on Tuesday puts an official end to the practice of Greek schools keeping records of the religious faith of pupils and the inclusion of pupils' faith on school degrees or the ministry's "myschool" website.   

Members of Greece's ambulance service (EKAV) provide free fist aid lessons to the public at downtown Syntagma Square in Athens. The event marked World First Aid Day on Saturday, in the presence of Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, who said that similar events are being planned for schools across the country in cooperation with the Education Ministry.

The findings of a recent study by an agency of the Education Ministry into the performance of Greece's high school students are disheartening at best, as they confirm the image of a failed national education system.

One of its most frightening conclusions is that around half of the country's secondary school pupils are functionally illiterate.

An Education Ministry agency has raised the alarm over the poor performance of a large number of high school students and has called for immediate measures to address the problem.

Students and teachers in the southern Greek town of Nafplio attend the customary blessing ceremony on Wednesday marking the beginning of the new school year across the country.

Greece's university rectors are concerned about the repercussions of the previous government's higher education overhaul, which is expected to result in the transfer of thousands of students to the country's biggest universities, Kathimerini understands.