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The President of British Sociological Association has sent a letter to Greek Education Minister calling her to restore the teaching of Sociology in high schools. The President of BSA, Professor Susan Halford, expressed disgust for the abolition of the subject of Sociology in schools following a political decision, without any …

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Education Minister Niki Kerameos on Tuesday filed an urgent lawsuit in response to the 24-hour strike called on June 16 by civil servants’ union confederation ADEDY and the Labor Center of Athens. According to an education ministry announcement, it was resorting to the courts “with the sole purpose of ensuring …

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A complaint has been filed against Greece’s Education Ministry for ignoring the rights of Roma children during the lockdown and for their exclusion from distance education. The Greek chapter of Helsinki Watch has filed a complaint against Education Minister Niki Kerameos and deputy minister Sofia Zaharaki. Greek Helsinki Monitor filed …

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Unwilling to find solutions for the students demanding better anti-coronavirus measures in Greece’s schools,  the Education Minister decided to punish them depriving them of school holidays. Minister Niki Kerameos vowed on Wednesday that in schools occupied by protesting students, classes will be held on school holidays, in Saturdays and on …

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Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo, became the target of the racist rant by an official at the Greek Education Ministry who is also said to be coordinator of refugees’ education and intercultural instructor at the Council of Europe. The unprecedented vulgar omments of the xenophobic ‘educator’ triggered an outrage in Greece. …

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The Greek Education Ministry decided to comply with EU laws and it will end the practice of schools keeping records of the pupil’s faith and nationality on secondary education school diplomas and the ministry’s website “myschool.” The Ministry’s decision published on Tuesday comes two weeks after the Greek Data Protection …

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Protesting high-school students raided the office of Education Minister Kostas Gavroglu in  Athens on Monday. The students had gathered in the ministry’s yard and at some point broke through the police chain. A large group forced themselves inside the ministry and open his office door with a kick. Consequently, Minister …

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High school students protesting outside the Education Ministry? “No, thanks!” said minister Kostas Gavroglou and barricaded the building gates and doors with metal sheets. Minister Gavroglou could not see the protesters and the protesters were hindered into looking inside the ministry.   However, the angry students were not bothered by …

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Armed with camping tents, dozens of elementary school teachers set them up outside the Education Ministry in Athens to protest changes in hiring criteria. They quickly set up their tents blocking the two entrances of the ministry with the effect that the ministry workers could not leave the building when …

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The first dismissals of teachers and university professors is a fact: five members of educational personnel have been kicked out of the public school system for an obvious reason: for not fulfilling the duties they were hired for. The five people were found to be absent from the education institutions …

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The education ministry’s General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning has revoked the license of a vocational training institute in Athens and a college operating in northern Greece. According to the ministry, IEK Xyni in Athens and the Mediterranean College in Thessaloniki did not fulfill at least one of the requirements for …

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Sometimes I really fail to understand the logic of this government. Greek Education Ministry plans to “legalize” 2,500 fake high-school degrees obtained by civil servants. “we have looked into the issue and have found them [2,500 fake school degrees],” a “source” told  Avgi, a daily close to SYRIZA. The source …

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I wouldn’t know that the neo-colonists of creditors believe that they can intervene into the procedures of hiring personnel. But so it is. Creditors’ representative for European Commission Declan Costello sent a letter to Greek education Minister Nikos Filis and … criticized him for the hiring of primary and secondary …

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Lawmaker of conservative New Democracy, former Member of the European Parliament and ex Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos was violently attacked by  a mob during a protest for the Pontus Greeks outside the Parliament in Athens earlier today. The mob punched him, attacked with with wooden sticks and torn apart …

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Greek government is determined to have university entrance exams take place as scheduled. Starting date is the 17th of May 2013, not matter what. Therefore, after the teachers’ union announced on Friday that they would launch a strike, the education minister rushed to prime minister. Antonis Samaras signed a “civil …

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This is a Greek reality that officials could not turn a blind eye to. The fact that many families cannot properly feed their children anymore due to the strict austerity and devastating economic crisis. As the phenomenon of malnourished school children has been increasing, the Education Ministry decided to provide children with free snack-meals in 18 …

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Hundreds of students with special needs -candidates for the university entrance exams – are undergoing an unbelievable stress test as the Minister of Education, Anna Diamantopoulou, abolished the special exams centres in several areas across the country. Alone from the island of Crete 160 boys and girls will have to travel to …

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