Daphne Grathwohl from Deutsche Welle reports about status and development of the Greek educational system. She interviews an Athenian school rector and the präsident of the Greek teachers union OLME. Available in German only. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The homepage provides link lists and addresses of all educational institutions in the school, higher education, professional training (colleges for specific professions) and adult education sector which accept international students. Especially, language schools are listed. Furthermore, there is a link „country resources“ with general information about the country.
Twice a year the online-periodical HPC (Hellenic Pedagogical Cosmos) informs in an rather unusual format and content presentation about educational and pedagogical issues and developments in contemporary Greece. HPC seeks, primarily, to serve the needs of all those Anglophones whose access to educational topics is limited due to the Greek language barrier.[Abstract: Site editor’s information supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]
Overview on the structure of the educational system in Greece (with a focus on secondary and higher education)
The GSN will service all the units of the Primary and Secondary Education and the Administrative Offices of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Information on the project to establish this network environment for pupils, teachers, education administratives and parents (including a Power Point presentation).
The oldest institution of higher education in the modern Greek state is the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, usually referred to simply as University of Athens (UoA). The UoA was founded in 1837 and unites today 8 departments of various faculties. The department for Educational Sciences for example consists of the Faculty of Primary Education and the Faculty of Early Childhood Education. The Philosophical Department contains a unit for Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology. Programs on didactic are organized under the specific subject of science.[Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The Department no longer provides an English website. But you can find a journal that has English and French articles, the Mediterranean Journal of Education. Until 2020, the department published the Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair. Both are accessible freely. [Abstract: Site editor’s information]
OLME is one of the Civil Servants’ Federations; it consists of 91 local unions and is the only secondary state school teachers union in Greece with more than 55,000 members. OLME was established in 1924 with the purpose to secure teachers’ working rights and to promote Greek culture. Nowadays OLME focuses on: – The co-ordination of all local unions it consists of, aiming at the moral, social and professional development of teachers while defending their rights. – Its contribution to the development of Greek culture. [Abstract: Site editor’s information]
HAEA was founded in 2004 and has today around 800 members. Beside organizing and planning of international conferences and programs, HAEA publishes the scientific journal ‚Adult Education‘. More information towards this and other activities of the association are provided at their homepage in Greek.
Linklist of Greek government in English – the Education Ministry is included and has been separately entered in this database.
