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School Management And Resource Training
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THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Aimilia-Mello Kekia
School Advisor
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THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Axes
 Basic characteristics
 Administrative structure
 Organizational structure:Levels of education
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Basic characteristics
of the Greek educational system
The Constitution of Greece sets the Greek educational system under
the supreme supervision of the State (Ministry of Education and
Religious Affairs). Education is offered to all children without charge,
since the main source of funding is the state budget.
It is a very centralised system both in terms of organisation and
administration. With regards to schooling principles and practices,
there is a national curriculum, uniform school timetables and approved
textbooks that are compulsory in the private sector as well.
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Administrative/Management Structure
The administration of primary and secondary education is conducted
hierarchically at central, regional and local level respectively by:
a. the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
b. the Regional Education Directorates
c. the Directorates of Education
d. the School Units.
Higher education institutions are fully self-administered legal entities of
public law
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Organizational Structure:
Levels of Education and Types of Schools
In accordance with Article 16 of the Greek Constitution, the educational
system aims at the moral, intellectual, professional and physical
education of Greeks, the development of national and religious
awareness and the formation of free and responsible citizens.
Educational system in Greece is subdivided in 3 basic levels:
Primary, Secondary and Higher Education.
Compulsory education lasts for ten years, from ages 5 to 15.
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Primary Education:
Kindergarten & Elementary School
Pre-primary education begins at the age of 4 when children are
allowed to enrol in Nipiagogeia (pre-primary schools). Attendance in
them is compulsory for all 5 year old children (Law 3518/2006).
Since 1997, the operation of the Oloimero Nipiagogeio (all-day
kindergarden) has been established by law.
The next stage comprises the compulsory attendance of Dimotiko
Scholeio (Primary Elementary School) which belongs to primary
education, lasts for 6 years and children are admitted at the age of 6.
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Alternatives structures of elementary schools
‘New School’ policy 2010-13
Foreign-language Schools
Schools of Intercultural Education
Schools for Minorities
Schools for Special Educational Needs
All-day Schools with EAEP (1287) (FEK 804/2010)
Pilot Schools experimented New Curricula (99) and
School Self-Evaluation Programme (250) (2010/11)
Experimental Model Schools (15) (Law 3966/2011)
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Secondary Education I:
Gymnasium
The 3 year attendance of Gymnasio (lower secondary education)
constitutes the last period of compulsory education and is a
prerequisite for enrolling and attending general or vocational upper
secondary schools.
In parallel with day Gymnasio, Esperino Gymnasio (Evening
Lower Secondary Education School) operates, in which attendance
starts at the age of 14.
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Secondary Education II:
Lyceum
The second tier of secondary education lasts also for 3 years and
constitutes the non-compulsory upper secondary education. According
to the recent L.4186/2013 on establishing the ‘New Lyceum’, upper SE
comprises general SE (including Geniko Lykeio/General Lyceum) and
vocational SE (including Epaggelmatiko Lykeio/Vocational Lyceum).
In General and Vocational Lyceum pupils enrol at the age of 15.
Parallel to day schools, Esperina Genika Lykeia (Evening General
Lyceums) and Esperina Epaggelmatika Lykeia (Evening Vocational
Lyceums) also operate, while the minimum age for enrollment in Evening
Vocational Lyceum is 16 years of age.
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Alternatives structures of secondary schools
‘New School’ policy 2010-13
Foreign-language Schools
Ecclesiastic education schools
Musical schools and Art schools
Schools of Intercultural Education
Schools for Minorities
Schools for Special Educational Needs
Second-chance schools
Pilot Schools experimented new curricula (68 gymn.) and
School Self-Evaluation Programme (230 gymn.& lyc.) (2010/11)
Experimental Model Schools (15 gymn. & 15 lyc.) (L 3966/2011)
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Tertiary Education:
Universities – TEI
Higher education constitutes the last level of educational system and comprises
the University and Technological sectors. Both offer a BA degree in at least 4 y.
The University sector includes Universities (Panepistimia), Technical
Universities, the School of Fine Arts and the Hellenic Open University.
The Technological sector includes the Technological Education Institutions
(Technologika Ekpaideftika Idrymata-TEI) and the Higher School of Pedagogical
and Technological Education (ASPAITE).
The greek tertiary education institutions are only public and the enrolment
depends upon strict and written examinations held every summer on a national
level.
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The New HE Law
(4009/2011)
In order to achieve the
objectives of Europe 2020
strategy, the Bologna and the
Copenhagen process, a new
law about tertiary education
has passed in 2011.
This law reforms
fundamentally the
administrative structure, the
evaluation system and the
whole perspective of the
greek universities, aiming at
internalization.
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Non-formal Education-Lifelong Learning:
KEK- IEK- LLC- Colleges
On the basis of the Law 3879/2010, Lifelong Learning policy in Greece, which
comprises -apart from formal education- non formal education and informal learning, is
part of a wider development plan aiming at giving emphasis to human knowledge,
abilities and skills.
In the framework of non-formal education, structures providing lifelong learning
services are as follows: a. Kentra Epaggelmatikis Katartisis - KEK (Vocational Training
Centers), b. Institouta Epaggelmatikis Katartisis - IEK (Vocational Training Institutes),
c. Kentra Dia Viou Mathisis (Lifelong learning Centers), and d. Kollegia (Colleges).
IEK (public and/or private) and Kollegia (only private) constitute also postsecondary non-tertiary education structures.
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THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
We are still AIMING HIGH and we don’t lose HOPE and our VISION…
Thank you
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