Education Ministry

An association of Attica parents with disabled school-aged children is calling for nationwide support for a protest rally it is planning on Saturday outside the Education Ministry in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi.

Reports in the Turkish press refer to statements made by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his recent visit to Thessaloniki, in which he expressed optimism for the reopening of the Halki School of Theology in the foreseeable future.

Greece's state-run schools did not hold regular classes on Friday, as the day was dedicated to sports.

Under an Education Ministry decision, schools marked European School Sport Day, an initiative aimed at getting youngsters more engaged in physical activity and at bringing the school community closer together.

A decree has appointed new rectors to six universities, according to a decision published in the country's Official Gazette on Sept. 21, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Eyüp Debik has been named the rector of Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ), while Ahmet Alkan Çelik takes the helm at Doğuş University.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has announced the launch of an action plan to combat gambling and digital addiction in schools.

The initiative will address addiction to gambling, the internet, smartphones and video games, Yılmaz said during a meeting of a board convened under the Health Ministry on Sept. 10.

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said on Sept. 6.

There are fears that the death toll may rise, police said. The school caters to children up to the age of 14.

This time there's an additional incentive to the Education Ministry's regulation for banning the use of cellphones in classrooms and that's the threat of specific penalties for the violation. We'll assume that such punitive measures will have the power to trump the addiction that children and teenagers have to their cellphones.

The 11 changes that will be introduced in the new school year 2024-2025 were discussed today by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leadership of the Education Ministry during their meeting at Megaro Maximou.

The first bell of the new teaching year will ring on Sept. 11 and with it will bring 11 major changes to all levels of school education:

Study centers and summer camps for children function without an institutional framework and specifications, according to the Ombudsman's Office in its report to the Education Ministry after investigating complaints from employees, parents and agencies about operational and infrastructure problems, and adequate staffing.

Elementary school students will no longer sit for result-based assessment and evaluation tests but will instead be guided toward process-oriented learning activities, according to the general instructions released by the Education Ministry for the 2024-2025 academic year.