February 7, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
tion, they will also have to meet any additional criteria imposed by the parent foreign university, he said. On Wednesday, the minister presented the draft bill allowing the founding of non-state, non-profit universities in the country, which is to be posted for public consultation as of layer today, in the …
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February 6, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Greece expenditure has shown that Health and Education are not priority for the government. The country’s Defense spending is almost double the EU average. The evidence points to a policy that places greater emphasis on external and internal security, the latest study by ENA Institute for Alternative Policies has shown. …
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February 20, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Firing tear gas and using their shields, riot police in Athens tried to push away protesting teachers outside the Music Hall where an event held by the Education ministry was held and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was to deliver a speech. Before the event began, a large number of teachers …
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July 12, 2021
Greece, Politics
Public outrage forced Education Minister Niki Keramos to revise her plans and take back the anti-pedagogical provision according to which distribution of pupils in school classes would be according to their performances. In a press release on Monday, the Minister made an U-turn and said announced that distribution of students …
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June 29, 2021
Greece, Politics
“Not everyone can and should go to university,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a presentation of a new education policy package on Monday.”There are creative professions too,” he noted obviously addressing the plebs among the Greeks. It was just a year ago, when he said that children from …
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November 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece will shut down primary schools, kindergartens and nursing schools for two weeks starting on Monday, November 16, 2020, authorities announced Saturday noon. Operation of special schools will continue. The government insists that the closure is not due to spread of the coronavirus among the school children but in order …
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November 9, 2020
Very Mix
On the first day of online learning for secondary education children, the teaching platform on WebEx crashed just an hour after it went in operation. Thousands of students and teachers sat in front of empty PC screens. At the beginning the system was blocked, students entered the link for the …
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May 25, 2020
Greece, Politics
Inmate Vassilis Dimakis started his third hunger and thirst strike on Saturday, as the state deprives him of the right to education although this is secured by the law. Under a pretext of 14-quarantine because of the pandemic, the inmate in Korydallos Prison in Athens has no access to his …
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September 27, 2019
Greece
One in three Greek pupils under the age of 15 under-perform in basic studies, compared to a European Union average of 20 percent, according to the findings of the European Commission “Education and Training Monitor 2019” published on Thursday. According to the report, 27.3% of Greek pupils have below the …
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February 23, 2019
Social
The Gymnasium and Lyseum at Avlonas Prison for Young Offenders has won the 2018 International Day of Education in Prison (IDEP) Contest. The Prize was won by a group of teachers and students of the Gymnasium and Lyceum that operates within the Avlonas Prison for Young Offenders, for which Sofia …
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November 6, 2018
Greece
The Council of Europe and Commissioner of Human Rights are trolling Greece. With several years delay, the European officers have discovered that the austerity measures demanded by the same EU officers and institutions have hampered citizens’ access to health care system and education. The Council of Europe is urging urged …
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May 16, 2018
Economy
Free public education in Greece? Not really. Not in real Greek life. Greek family expenditures for educational purposes exceed 3 billion euros annually, according to an annual report by the GSEE private sector employees federation published on Wednesday. GSEE’s Center of Educational Policy Development said that despite the availability of …
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April 14, 2018
Social
Thirty days ago, convict Vassilis Dimakis started a hunger strike and twenty two days later also a thirst strike claiming his right for educations. While Dimakis’ health condition is at critical point, the Courts and Prison Councils have already denied him educational permitting, the third one his lawyers have submitted. …
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August 5, 2017
Refugees
The first groups of refugees have received European Qualifications Passports after successfully passing an evaluation process to verify their higher education credentials. Fifty-four refugees, mostly from Syria, living in refugee camps in Attica, Greece have received the documentation through the first two rounds of the Council of Europe’s “Recognition of …
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May 25, 2017
Politics, Refugees
In the context of the migration crisis in Europe, many refugees are nowadays blocked in camps or towns in Greece for an indeterminate length of time and with few future perspectives. Young people are often full of energy and enthusiasm, but they lack the opportunity to make use of it. …
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April 24, 2017
World
A play involving fake weapons and scenes of death staged by kindergarten children in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has drawn criticism from the authorities and experts. The play, staged to mark National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, showed children clashing with each other using fake weapons …
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July 28, 2016
Politics
Greece will hire hundreds of extra teachers to help thousands of migrant children join its public schools in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday. “The inclusion of all refugee children in the public school system will begin in September,” Tsipras said in a televised address. “Around 800 …
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June 23, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
It’s a tragedy for thousands, millions of children, for so-called ‘lost generations’ without access to education! Children refugees stay out of school for several months if not for years. Just two months ago I met a young Syrian boy who has not been to school for whole 5 years. When …
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December 3, 2014
Very Mix
The Judicial Council rejected on Wednesday morning the request of hunger-striker Nikos Romanos to be granted educational furloughs while in prison. With Justice showing a relentless face towards a convict on hunger strike claiming his right to education as foreseen by the law, media reported last night, that coalition government …
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December 2, 2014
Very Mix
The right to education is inalienable and for whatever happens to the health of Nikos Romanos and his friends on hunger-strike responsible will be the Ministry of Justice and Minister Charalampos Athanasiou. That was the main idea of the press conference held on Tuesday by the parents of Nikos Romanos …
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