Federation of Secondary School Teachers (OLME)

On Monday teachers protested with students against cutting funding towards education by the Greek government as a part of their austerity program. As education already has seen cutbacks lessening the hours of classroom time as well as hiring fewer teachers,...

Several public schools across Greece are facing the risk of remaining closed, after September – the official back-to-school day. “Many schools will be closed on September 11,” stated on Thursday September 3 the Hellenic Primary School Teachers' Federation. “We're...

Saturday is the last day of the eight-month period allotted for teachers to reapply for a reduced number of positions at Greek technical schools. Last summer, job cuts were scheduled at vocational and technical schools across Greece and staff were asked to reapply...

Two days before the first bell rings at schools around the country, the presidents of the regional secondary school teacher unions (ELME) decided rolling strikes of continuous five-day walk-offs starting September 16. However, the minister of Education Constantinos Arvanitopoulos, in his...