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Greek Students Return to Turkey’s Imbros School in Record Numbers

A record rise in the number of students enrolled in the only Greek school on Imbros is proof that more Greek families return to the island, a Daily Sabbah report says. Imbros, now called Gökçeada, is Turkey's largest island, located...

Education Ministry Denies Reports it Plans to Axe ‘Antigone’ From High School Curriculum

The education ministry rejected press reports on Thursday that the Institute of Educational Policy was planning to remove the teaching of Sophocles’ classic play “Antigone” from the high school curriculum. “No such proposal has been officially submitted,” the ministry said,...

Greeks in Munich Pen Angry Letter After German Council Votes to Take Back Land for Greek School

German municipal authorities in Karlsfeld, 12 kilometers from central Munich, have angered the Greek community following a decision to take back a plot of land benchmarked in 2001 for the construction of a Greek school. The construction deal had...

Archbishop Ieronymos Lashes Out Against Greek Deputy Education Minister

Archbishop Ieronymos criticized the statement made by Greek Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou, regarding the Religious Studies subject in Greek schools, noting that such radical changes cannot take place without further consideration. The Deputy Education Minister announced a few days...

Greek School on Turkish Island to Reopen After 40 Years

A school for Greek children on the Turkish island of Gökçeada will open its doors again after forty years next week, a local official said on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency.  The island - formerly known as Imvros - has a...

Greek High School to Open on Turkish Island

The first Greek primary school in 49 years opened on the island of Imbros in 2013, while the Greek community has received the green light to open a middle and high school. The school complex aims to attract more...

Greece Ranks Low on OECD's World Education Rankings

The latest Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on education, the largest worldwide ranking regarding school systems that has ever been conducted, found that Asian countries have the best educational systems in the world. Furthermore, the report noted that...

Greek Elementary Students Win First Prize in European Competition

Students from a public experimental elementary school in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, won the first prize in the European e-Twinning competition in the category for children aged 4 to 11 years, with their project Powerfulnaturekingdom.et, implemented in cooperation with the...

Students Travel to Birthplace of Zografeion Lyceum’s Founder

Students from the Greek school Zografeion Lyceum in Istanbul, Turkey, visited the Greek town of Ioannina where Christakis Zografos, their school's founder, used to study at Zosimaia School. Tomorrow, April 16, for the first time in the Greek school’s 121 years...

‘Speak Greek in March’ Teleconference Initiative Connected Diaspora Youth

The Australian initiate ‘Speak Greek in March’ has concluded with great success. After the successful run that the campaign had among Greek-Australians, Greek communities across the globe are considering about organizing similar events. Greek children aged 13 to 16 years from the United...