September 30, 2021
Earthquake, Society
A total of 772 homes and 36 businesses in towns and villages in Crete hit by the 6 R earthquake were classified as “unsafe”. So far, engineers have inspected 995 homes and 45 professional structures, authorities said on Wednesday. Of 18 schools inspected, 12 are in good condition and 6 …
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September 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Anti-vaxxers parents are freaking out and attack teachers for demanding masks and self-tests from pupils as provided by law. Some anti-vaxxers went far to file lawsuits against teachers for “forming a criminal organization, treason and torture.” Parents of children at a kindergarten and an elementary school in Pyrgos, south Peloponnese, …
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September 13, 2021
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Several Greek orthodox associations have called parents for a protest against sex education in schools, a curriculum that has been introduced for the first time by the conservative Education Ministry following the #MeToo revelations in the country. On the initiative of a movement called “mumdadandkids” and the anti-abortion Greek Orthodox …
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September 13, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The new school year started in Greece on Monday, with children from kindergarten to lyceum returning to the classrooms for the traditional religious blessing at the start of the school year. Up to 25 students are allowed in a classroom like before the pandemic. A series of measures are designed …
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September 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Restrictive measures for unvaccinated citizens in Greece go into effect on Monday, September 13, on the same day the schools open again. The restrictions will change the personal and work life of those not vaccinated against Covid-19 and will also affect their movement with public transport means for travels to …
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August 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Schools in Greece will reopen on Monday, September 13, the Education Ministry said on Wednesday. Teachers will be required to present a certificate of completed vaccination, or one of having contracted coronavirus within the last six months, or a negative laboratory test result that must be presented to the schools …
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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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May 13, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Education Ministry announced on Thursday that Covid-19 self-tests in schools will be obligatory once per week and not twice. Regarding the students’ spring exams it is up to universities to decided whether they will take place in-person or remotely, the ministry statement said. In accordance with the recommendations of …
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May 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Almost 3,000 pupils and teachers were tested positive in Covid-19 self-tests ahead of the schools reopening on Monday morning, SKAI TV reported. Covid-19 testing kits were distributed free of charge by pharmacies across the country to pupils and teachers in the last days. They had to register the test results …
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May 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Kindergartens, primary schools and all levels and types of high schools will reopen for in-person classes next Monday, May 10, with mandatory self-tests available in pharmacies free of charge from Wednesday, the education ministry announced. The second weekly test required by members of school communities (teachers, pupils, administrative staff) will …
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April 22, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Education Minister Niki Kerameos announced on Thursday that the school year for primary schools and kindergartens will be extended until June 25 and until June 11 for high schools and lyceums. Further, she announced that the nationwide university entrance exams will start on June 14. The end-of-year internal exams …
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April 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a roadmap for the reopening of business like the food service sector and the schools, the shorter curfew and the lifting of the ban on the inter-regional travel. He also revealed that vaccination of those over 30 will start next week, that is much …
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April 14, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Education Minister said on Wednesday that discussion about in-person classes in primary schools and the lower grades of secondary school will be on the table after Easter. Speaking to public broadcaster ERT TV, minister Niki Kerameos said that the epidemiologists’ committee advising the government has not made any proposal …
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April 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Teachers and students of lyceums returned to schools on Monday morning after five and a half months of pandemic lockdown and just 5 weeks of in person education in the school year 2020-2021. In addition to mandatory mask and other protection measures, teachers and students had to have Covid-19 self-tests …
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April 8, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Students who are foreign nationals will be issued a provisional social security identification number (AMKA) so they can buy a self-testing kit ahead of the reopening of schools on Monday, a senior official of the Education Ministry told Kathimerini on Thursday, responding to complaints from private schools that several pupils …
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April 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Students of the last three high school grades – lyceums- will return to classrooms as of Monday, April 12, 2021, Greece’s Education Minister Niki Kerameos announced on Wednesday. During the regular live briefing on the pandemic, Kerameos said that grades 10-12 were the first to return to class because they …
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April 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Members of the committee of epidemiologists advising the government on the course of the pandemic and Εducation Minister Niki Kerameos are meeting on Wednesday to decide on the reopening of the schools in Greece. Epidemiologists and the Education Minister are to decide whether, when and under which conditions the schools …
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March 31, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Self-tests for Covid-19 will be mandatory for pupils and teachers when schools reopen and it will also be a prerequisite for those sitting university entrance exams in June, according to Education Ministry legislation included in a Health Ministry bill. The return to school in April will also depend on the …
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March 23, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Given the health circumstances, it is impossible for retail to open again on March 29, deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday morning. “The government priority is the public health and currently the opening of stores is impossible to happen,” Petsas told Skai TV. he estimated that things will …
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March 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday that nine regional units and municipalities are placed in tougher lockdown due to increased epidemiological risk and extended the tough measures also to regions like Attica for another week. At the same time, he announced that following epidemiologists …
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