Tag Archives: school

Part of the ceiling in a primary school in Volos collapsed and crushed on the the teacher’s desk and the pupil’s desk. It was pure time coincidence that nobody was injured. According to local media magnisianews.gr, the incident occurred in a classroom of the 18th primary school just when the …

Read More »

Brutal bullying in renowned private school in Athens: A group of six students, five boys and a girl, tied a fishing line around a classmate’s neck and tried to choke him “for fun.” The 15-year-old victim was bullied, tortured and humiliated by the group also in the past and his …

Read More »

A draft bill on “prevention and management of violence and bullying phenomena in schools” was approved by the Greek Parliament plenary on Wednesday. Ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK-KINAL voted for it, while all other parties voted against it, except Greek Solution, which voted “present”. Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance does …

Read More »

“Call me when you arrive” A phrase many parents tell their children before they leave for a trip. Using their back-bags as tool and the school yard as background, students several schools across the country pay tribute to all the young people who found a tragic death in the train …

Read More »

High school students in Herakleio, Crete, are forced to have lessons in a church, because there is not enough place, read: classroom, for them in the school building. The small chapel is located in the courtyard of Kapetanakeio school and has been converted into a classroom, since the school facilities …

Read More »

Greece 2.0 just a few kilometers away from Patras: Early in the morning students are holding tight to keep balance as the tractor wheels rev up on the rough, muddy road and then uphill to civilization. They go up and down the hill on tractor four times per day: for …

Read More »

A school principal allegedly asked immigrant parents for 50 euros for the wreath their child would lay on the anniversary of the national Ochi Day, on October 28, as the young students was entitled to. The CEO of pollster Metron Analysis, Stratos Fanaras, made a sensational complaint about a school …

Read More »

“Devastated by the news of the horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of so many children” the Greek Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “In this hour of grief, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and our deepest sympathies to the …

Read More »

An elementary school teacher has bitten one of her pupils, an 11-year-old child with disabilities. The teacher is also the principal of the Special School in Arta, western Greece. She did not inform the mother of the incident. And it was the  It was the victim’s mother who found out …

Read More »

A 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were handed a suspended 14-month prison term and fined 3,000 euros each by a court in Rhodes for not sending their 8-year-old child to primary school due to the pandemic. The parents were convicted of violating the law on compulsory attendance at kindergarten, …

Read More »

Α Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Heraklio, Crete sentenced a mother who did not send her child to school to six months n prison with a three-year suspension. The 9-year-old child did not attended school since September 2020. To her defense the 39-year-old mother said that she did not send her …

Read More »

The Greek Education Ministry on Friday opened an investigation into a report that a middle school teacher insulted a male student because he showed up in class wearing a skirt. Media reports said the incident happened at the Ilion Musical Middle School in western Athens on Tuesday, February 1. The …

Read More »

Anti-vaxxer parents who do not send their children to school will be punished with up to 2 years imprisonment and fines, the Greek Education Ministry ruled in an amendment submitted to the Palriament late on Tuesday. The tough measure comes as parents and guardians who oppose vaccinations against Covid-19 and …

Read More »

The false ceiling of a classroom in an elementary school in Thessaloniki, collapsed on Thursday morning and it was only due to the teacher’s sharp observation that the 23 pupils of the 6th Grade escaped without harm the disaster of metal bars and debris falling on their heads. At the …

Read More »

A 14-year-old student fell victim of an unprecedented and horrifying racist attack at a high school of Istiaia, in central Greece. The boy was dragged outside the classroom by a group of older students wearing hoods. According to the mother’s complaint to newspaper avgi,, initially a group of 5-6 youngsters …

Read More »

Riot police fired tear gas and flash grenades into a high school yard in Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, after neo-nazi youth started throwing stones and petrol bombs at them. Riot police was deployed to the vocational school EPAL on Wednesday morning to separate fascist and anti-fascist youth groups, while it is not …

Read More »

  Two primary school classes in Thessaloniki were suspended due to a large number of Covid-9 infections among the pupils, the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday. These are the first classes that close down due to the pandemic, just eight days after the start of the new school season …

Read More »

The area already devastated by the wildfires in Northern Evia is estimated at 505 square kilometers, media report on Wednesday on the 9th day of the fires that still rekindle. Forest and agricultural land was destroyed, some 140,000 farming animals – so the mayor of Istiea – and so far …

Read More »

Α student’s mother filed a law suit against the principal of a lyceum in Thessaloniki to protest the mandatory Covid-19 self-tests for students. She claimed that the self-tests were harmful and insisted that her 15-year-old son attends in-person classes despite the law provision that students without testing at home are …

Read More »

A graffiti portraying Maradona has created tension between local and school authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, with the latter demanding its removal. The parents association and the principal of the 3rd elementary school in Kalamaria Municipality demand the removal of the graffiti claiming the lifestyle of the football legend cannot …

Read More »