AN OVERVIEW OF THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM October 2012 Comenius Project “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece Schools’ meeting in Finland

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 2 Greek Educational System in a diagram (I) Greek Educational System – October Pre-Primary - Nursery 6 months – 3years old: Education and care for children under 3 years old is provided at child centres and at 'infant' centres – the latter from 6 months of age Pre-primary Education - Kindergarten 4 – 5 years old: Children aged 4 years may attend public or private pre-primary schools – Kindergarten till the age of 5 years. Primary education years old: From the age of 6 years till the age of 12 years children attend primary school

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 3 Greek Educational System – October Lower Secondary Education 13 – 15 years old: From the age of 13 years till the age of 15 years children attend gymnasium (Lower Secondary Education) Upper Secondary Education 16 – 18 years old: General Lyceum: general/academic studies - Technical Vocational Lyceum: general/vocational studies Higher Education 18 years old -…. University sector: (Universities, Polytechnics, Schools of Fine Arts, Open University) and the Technological sector (Technological Educational Institutions/ΑΤEIs) Greek Educational System in a diagram (II)

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 4 Greek Educational System – October a) vocational training schools for teenagers of years (EPAS) b) Post-secondary non-tertiary institutes18 + years of age (IEK) offer 4 semesters of initial vocational training post-secondary level mainstream or special schools and extends from the pre-primary years to the age of 23 Education and special needs Greek Educational System in a diagram (III)

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 5 The following diagram outlines the structure of the Greek Educational System as established by institutions of formal, classified and unclassified education. Greek Educational System – October

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 6 Compulsory Education in Greece Greek Educational System – October Compulsory Education (5 to 15 years of age) Pre-primary (5 – 6 years) Primary (6 – 12 years) Lower Secondary (12 – 15 years)

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 7 School’s Calendar  175 school days from the 11th of September to the 15th of June  During the last month of the school year (15 May – 15 June) pupils in gymnasiums and lyceums take final exams  Schools are open 5 days a week for 35 weeks a year  Lessons from 8:15 to 14:05  23 to 35 lesson hours per week. Each hour lasts from 40 to 45 minutes. 10-minute breaks  Schools closes for the Christmas and Easter holidays. Also, they close for summer holidays for approximately 2 months Greek Educational System – October

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 8 Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary schools Greek Educational System – October Curriculum in Primary Schools HistoryEnvironmental Studies GeographyReligious issues Science ArtEnglishSocial and Civic studies Greek language PE ICT (some schools) Second Foreign Lang. Mathematics Curriculum in Lower Secondary Schools HistoryChemistry/ Physics GeographyReligious issues Biology Home economics ICT / Technology Aesthetics (Music/Arts) Foreign Lang. PE Ancient & Modern Greek Civil and Social Studies GeographyVocational Guidance Mathematic s

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 9 Curriculum in General Lyceum - Exams  General Lyceum: general education subjects, such as Modern and Ancient Greek language and literature, History, Mathematics, Science, Religious issues, foreign languages, Informatics, Social Sciences, Physical Education  Specialization subjects (Astronomy, etc.)  National examinations (they determine who will continue their studies in universities and who will not) Greek Educational System – October

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 10 Greek Educational System – October  Technical Vocational Lyceum: not only general education lessons (such as Greek language, math, foreign language etc), but also lessons relevant to special vocations  Emphasis on the specific subjects students have chosen  National exams. Students either continue in higher education or they take a job certificate relevant to the subject of their studies (such as car mechanic, crafts man etc) Curriculum in Technical Vocational Lyceum - Exams

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece Administration of primary and secondary education School Units: (School Heads with the board of teachers serve as the administrative and educational heads of the school Units) Directorates of Education 13 Regional Education Directorates (one in each region – see the map) Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports Greek Educational System – October 2012 The 13 Regions of Greece and the 52 prefectures Administration Chart

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 12 Higher Education: Universities Greek Educational System – October 2012  Universities and Higher Technological Institutes in several cities of Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Herakleion, Ioannina etc)  Greek Open University University of Ioannina campus University of Ioannina Library Mathematics Department Student’s Restaurant In the entrance of University campus University of Ioannina Logo

Comenius Project: “Can we Make a difference?” General Lyceum of Eleoussa - Greece 13 Higher Education: Technical Educational Institutes Greek Educational System – October  Higher Technological Education's role is to contribute to the development process in the country and progress of science and applied research  The training is geared to assimilation and transfer of scientific data in production  Studies at Technical Colleges compared with those at the universities have more applied nature. In Greece there are 15 Colleges, which consist of two (2) at least Faculties, which contain two or more Sections  TEIs operating in various cities of the country, while some also have independent branches, ie independent departments in another city

Thank you for your patience! 14 Greek Educational System – October 2012