Education in Greece
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| Educational oversight | Ministry for National Education and Religious Affairs Marietta Giannakou |
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| National education budget | 676 million € (public) |
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| Primary language(s) of education | Greek | |
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| Literacy (2003) • Men • Women |
97.5 % 98.6 % 96.5 % |
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| Enrollment • Primary • Secondary • Post-secondary |
1,426,175 786,025 2 360,248 3 276,902 4 |
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| Attainment • Secondary diploma • Post-secondary diploma |
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| 1Gianouridis & Bagley, p. 62 2000-2001 schoolyear (Επαιδευτικό Ελληνικό πίνακας 6.2, σ. 24) 32000-2001; loc. cit. 41999-200; ibid., 53 | ||
The Greek educational system has undergone significant changes and modernisations during the 1990's.
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[edit] Primary Education
- Δημοτικό Σχολείο (Demotic School or Primary School)
- Year 1, age 6 to 7
- Year 2, age 7 to 8
- Year 3, age 8 to 9
- Year 4, age 9 to 10
- Year 5, age 10 to 11
- Year 6, age 11 to 12
[edit] Secondary Education
- Γυμνάσιο (Gymnasium - Middle / Secondary School)
- Year 1, age 11 to 13
- Year 2, age 13 to 14
- Year 3, age 14 to 15 (end of compulsory education)
- Λύκειο (Lyceum - High School not required!)
- Year 1, age 15 to 16
- Year 2, age 16 to 17
- Year 3, age 17 to 18
[edit] Tertiary Education
Tertiary education in Greece takes one of two forms:
- Technological Education Institute (Technologiko Ekpaideftiko Idryma - TEI Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα)
- University - Highest education institute (Anotato Ekpaideftiko Idryma - AEI Ανώτατο Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα).
- Polytechnic (Πολυτεχνείο), equal to a University. The most notable example is the National Technical University of Athens, which is also famous because of the students' uprising in November 17, 1973 against the Greek military junta.
[edit] Private Education
- There are public and private dimotika (primary education), gymnasia (middle school; secondary education), lykeia (high school; secondary education). Some of them are for foreigners, usually children of British or American families. For example see American Community Schools.
- Public and private IEK.
- Laboratories of Free Studies, Ergastiria Eleutheron Spoudon, often franchises of foreign universities, sometimes non-profit organizations. For example see the University of Wales, Bangor, Mediterranean College, Deree College, etc.
