education
Education
Greece: EU's Third Worst in Education Spending
Negative data recorded in the report of the EU’s Observatory for Education and Training included: significant reduction in the dispenses for education, high rates of school dropouts for foreign students (outside EU); negative records of graduate employment; not...
Education
HS Teachers Walk Alone on Strike
Elementary school teachers support the protests, as they decided to go on a 48-hour strike on September 18 and 19. The decision was taken after a marathon meeting held by the local teachers’ unions with the Greek Federation of...
Australia
Greek Taught in Australian Schools
The Ambassador for Greece to Australia Charalambos Dafaranos, accompanied by Vassilios Tolios, the Consul-General of Hellas in Sydney, together with Vassilios Gogas, Education coordinator of Australia and New Zealand, visited the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) headquarters...
Europe
Greek Roma Win Human Rights Case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled today that the failure of Greek authorities to integrate Roma children into the ordinary education system amounted to discrimination against them.
The applicants of the case Sampani and Others v. Greece were...
Economy
Greek Teachers’ Salaries Among Lowest in EU
According to the Teachers' and School Heads' Salaries and Allowances in Europe 2011/12 published by the European Commission to coincide with World Teachers' Day, teachers' salaries in Greece are among the lowest in the 17 countries of the Eurozone,...
Australia
Modern Greek Teaching Methods Questioned
The Education Office of the Greek Consulate in Melbourne made an announcement concerning Expatriate Training providers about developments in teaching methods of Modern Greek according to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Program (ACARA).
Vassilios Gogas, Education coordinator of Australia...
Economy
Greek School Teachers To Strike When School Starts
ATHENS -Frustrated over falling wages and starting salaries for new teachers of as little as $184 a week - before taxes - Greek school teachers said they would strike the day after the new school year begins on Sept....
events
Fulbright Scholars and Donors Honored in Athens
U.S. Ambassador Daniel B. Smith and Fulbright Director Artemis Zenetou honored Greek and American Fulbright Scholars and Fulbright donors, in the presence of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bay Fang, who oversees public diplomacy activities in the Bureau of...
Greece
Greeks Spend 5 Billion Euros on Private Lessons For Their Children
According to a survey conducted by the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE), Greece's biggest private labor union, Greek families spend 5 billion euros per year on their children's education.
Most Greek children go to public schools and universities, that's...
Greece
"Imagine Peace" Olympic Truce Programme Presented by UK Ambassador to Athens
Presenting the "Imagine Peace" educational programme created within the framework of the Olympic Truce and in the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, British Ambassador to Athens Dr. David Landsman, on Wednesday, said that its central message...


