The Greek Ministry of Education announced on Thursday it will hire 10,000 teachers of all specialties at all levels of school education before the start of the 2024-2025 school year, aiming at upgrading the quality of public education and enhancing inclusive education. The 4,451 appointments will cover vacancies due to …
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High school student files complaint against teachers for joining strike
A high school student on the island of Crete files a complaint against four of his teachers because they joined the strike on September 21, and “deprived him of his right to knowledge,” as he claimed. The pan-Hellenic strike on September 21 was aginast the bew Labor Bill that deprives …
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Riot police against teachers; protesters laugh during PM’s speech (video)
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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National Theater teachers resign en masse in solidarity with Drama School studentsprotest
A total of 42 teachers at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece’s (NTG) resigned en masse on Wednesday in solidarity with their students over a controversial presidential decree. Protests were held on the same day with main slogan demanding the resignation of culture Minister Lina Mendoni. Δυναμική …
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Teachers unions to protest insufficient gov’t pandemic measures in schools
Three of Greece’s biggest umbrella union federations of teachers are staging a joint protest gathering at 17:00 at Syntagma Square on Wednesday, January 19. In an announcement, the teachers’ unions say that the government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic in schools over the last two years has failed to adequately …
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Greece runs out of mandatory self-tests for students, just hours before schools reopen
Student’s parents and pharmacist have been complaining since early Saturday morning that there are no more self-tests available even though they are mandatory for students before they go to school again on Monday, January 10, after the Christmas holidays. According to a recent government decision, the self-tests for students and …
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Teachers strike against assessments that threaten existence of public schools
Thousands of teachers marched in downtown Athens and other big Greek cities on Monday to protest the planned assessment by the Education Ministry that does not evaluate the teachers’ performance as such but also of the school unit. Teacher complain that the new assessment policy will turn schools into “business …
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Teachers to launch 24h strike to protest “mandatory evaluation” by Education Ministry
The Federation of Greek Primary Teachers (DOE) will launch a 24-hour strike for Monday, October 11, against the mandatory evaluation of teaching staff and schools. The teacher’s strike is a response to Education Ministry sought the court to cancel any planned strike. The court ruled that theachers’ strike were “illegal” …
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Anti-vaxxers file against teachers claiming self-tests & masks are “treason and torture”
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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Schools in Greece open Sept. 13; Covid-certificates for teachers and students
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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Top Court rejects parents & teachers bid to end mandatory weekly Covid-19 self-tests
Parents and teachers in primary and secondary education lost an injunction to end obligatory self-tests for schools, after a decision by the Council of State was finalized on Thursday. Greece’s top administrative court first heard an injunction filed by 50 parents and teachers on June 22. The group asked for …
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3,000 pupils and teachers tested positive with Covid-19 self-tests
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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Lyceum students and teachers return to school; self-tests positivity 0.27%
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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Bully fathers beat teachers in Greece’s schools over use of mask
A father attacked the principal of an elementary school in Heraklio, Crete, on Thursday morning, because his child had to wear a mask to attend classes. The student’s father appeared in the elementary school without a mask. Teachers told him that ought to wear a mask and he started shouting …
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Prosecutor investigates anti-masks parents who threaten teachers
Judicial authorities have intervened and investigate anti-masks parents who threaten teachers, just days before schools open in Greece on September 14. The use of face masks is compulsory for students and teachers. Teachers’ unions have denounced to judicial authorities that members have received threats including out of court documents by …
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Schools opening to be decided on Sept 1, says Education Minister
Teachers will return to schools on September 1, while classes are so far scheduled to begin on September 7, Education & Religion Minister Niki Kerameos said on Monday. She added however that the final decision on restarting classes will be announced on September 1, after families have returned from holidays …
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Teachers, students, parents protest cameras in classroom, live streaming
The controversial use of cameras in schools has sent teachers,, students and pupils but also parents to the streets of Athens on Wednesday. Hundreds marched in the city center to protest the use of cameras in class rooms and have teaching classes broadcast live for educational purposes, for students unable …
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Protesting teachers clash with Greek police, get tear gassed
Riot police fired tear gas at striking teachers attempting to raid the Greek Parliament on Thursday. Holding sticks with red flags, members of the communist union first tried to reach the parliament building through the stairs of the Monument of the Unknown Soldier. When their attempts failed, they tried to …
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10,000 priests go from Greek state payroll, 10,000 civil servants come
“The agreement between the State and the Church frees 10,000 jobs for civil servants,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told reporters during a regular press briefing on Wednesday. “This gives the opportunity to cover these places with the hiring of civil servants to cover needs of the social state, by hiring …
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To school on Telendos by boat: Teacher Eleni speaks about her experience
Every morning teacher Eleni gets on a small boat and sails to the small island of Telendos. By calm or by rough sea, whether in winter or in summer. She covers a distance of less than one nautical mile between Telendos and the island of Kalymnos where she lives with …
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