How the world sees Greece
The first private school that fell victim to the 23 percent value added tax (VAT) implementation on private education is the Michalopouleion private school established in 1931. The Michalopouleion private school in the Kallipolis neighborhood of Piraeus has endured the German occupation, the Greek Civil War, and other turbulent periods of Greek history, but apparently
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WOODBURN, Ore., Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Best College Reviews, a ranking service for American colleges and universities, has released a list of the Top 50 ...
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So many Greek high school students got bad marks in college entrance exams that the government has lowered the standard for admittance. The post Greece Lowers College Entry Marks appeared first on The National Herald.
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The final lists on Greek students' admission to higher education were announced on Wednesday, August 26. Every year, Greek students take the ...
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Many students in the Greece Central School District can expect to see changes when they head back in the fall. This summer, Olympia High School, ...
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Seven Greek universities were included on the list of the 1,000 bets universities in the world that was released by the Center for World University Rankings. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ranked in 301st place, rising 30 positions compared to last year’s ranking. Moreover, the Center for World University Rankings list also included
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A team of passionate Greek students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, led by professor Leontios Hadjileontiadis, is considered to be one of the 12 best student innovation teams in the world. On the occasion of the international Microsoft “Imagine Cup” competition, the Aristotle University students, following their mentor’s directions,
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Some schools in the Greece Central School District were temporarily put on 'lock out' — meaning the schools closely control who can be let into the ...
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Greece’s Minister of State Nikos Pappas will travel to Scotland in June to receive an award in recognition of his contribution to the economy, politics and society by the students’ association from Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Pappas was ...
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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 if a state wants to boost its GDP, then it need to focus more on education. Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan were ranked first, as the countries with the best educational systems in the world, while Ghana ranked last. Meanwhile, it appears Greece did not fair too well, since it ranked 40th on a global level and 29th among other European countries. “This is the first time we have a truly global scale of the quality of education,” said OECD education director Andreas Schleicher. The analysis is based on results of mathematics and physics tests in 76 countries. “The idea is to give more countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world’s education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to see what the long-term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could be for them,” Schleicher added. Meanwhile, the OECD also conducted a study on the estimated growth of GDP in each country, on the condition that children attend school and receive basic education. “Poor policies and practices in education leave many countries in a permanent economic recession,” stressed the report. Education improvement has “long term economic benefits.” For example, if all children in Greece receive basic education, GDP is expected to increase to 285%.
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The student election that took place in all public universities and technical institutions across Greece came to an end with New Democracy’s youth (DAP-NDFK) gathering 44,5%, showing an increase compared to last year. Meanwhile, the overall percentage of PASP -PASOK’s youth- fell dramatically, and AR.EN (SYRIZA) showed a slight increase of approximately 1%. However, the electoral process was not as peaceful as the parties involved wished. DAP-NDFK members reported violent episodes in 11 cities across Greece. Students ended up in the hospital, ballots were burned, all due to the constant rivalry between student parties and the fact that they never agree on the results. People wearing hoods entered the Athens University of Economics, for the second year in a row, and burned three out of a total of twelve ballot boxes in the courtyard while students watched. According to witnesses, no one attempted to help the university secretary who attempted to extinguish the fire. Furthermore, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in northern Greece, a group of people wearing hoods damaged school property and hit several students, two of whom had to be transferred to AHEPA hospital with mild head injuries. Violent episodes also occurred at the Department of Chemistry in Athens where people wearing hoods tried to break the building doors, while the students were voting inside. Most doors at the Law School of Athens remained closed in order to avoid such incidents. Finally, people wearing hoods walked into the courtyard of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and terrorized voting students, after verbally attacking the building’s security guard. Nevertheless, 100,000 students attended this year’s nationwide student election, approximately the same amount as last year.
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Student elections took place today, May 13, in all public universities and technical institutions across Greece. Thousands of students have voted, however, the small turnout shows once again that the student elections have decayed, since the parties are not able to unite behind a common cause. Violent incidents occurred at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, while the election for the new student council was still underway. People wearing hoods entered the campus, holding batons and helmets, causing damage to the building and clashing with the students. According to students from the New Democracy youth DAP-NDFK, four of the party’s members were injured during the incident and had to be transferred to local hospitals. Meanwhile, Greek police officers have arrived at the University in order to help keep the peace. New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras commented on the incident, harshly attacking the Greek government. “Through the reinstatement of the asylum institution that helps illegality, the Greek government is letting the masked men enter Greek universities and destroy them,” he said. “There is violence and blood in a place where students should be free to express their ideas and feel secure. They are bothered by the fact that DAP-NDFK has been a leading force in Greek universities for the last 29 years,” he added. “The state is obliged to protect the lives and ensure the safety of the university community members,” Samaras concluded.
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First grade students of the all-day elementary school of Vivlos in the Greek island of Naxos starred in an inspiring short film entitled “Let’s imagine the school of our dreams,” winning the first prize during a special ceremony in Crete on Saturday, under the “1st National Creative Expression Contest In Primary Schools” for the University of Crete. Through “experiential learning” – a fruitful teaching method that allows students to be engaged in the learning process – Vivlos’ school teacher Nikos Vintzileos urged his students to let their imagination free and express their ideas for the school of their dreams. In its record of accomplishments, Vivlos’ primary elementary school has also been awarded one more first prize for a music video created for the 2013 European eTwinning Competition. eTwinning promotes school collaboration among European countries through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing special support, tools and services for schools. You can watch the “Let’s imagine the school of our dreams” video below:
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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 Col Legi Sant Josep school from Navas, Spain. e-Twinning is an internet platform that allows teachers and students in European schools to create joint educational projects in a safe online environment, boosting innovation and school cooperation. “The project involved 22 students from last year’s 5th grade, whose work revolved around the environment, the actions that people can take in order to raise awareness on environmental issues,” said school director Efstratios Kyvirtzikis. The award ceremony took place in the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels, in the presence of more than 200 participants, including students and teachers from 16 countries, as well as Education Ministries and European Union representatives. The awards were presented by European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics. School teacher Angeliki Kougiourouki, who oversaw the project, received the award on behalf of the Greek delegation.
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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 Col Legi Sant Josep school from Navas, Spain. e-Twinning is an internet platform that allows teachers and students in European schools to create joint educational projects in a safe online environment, boosting innovation and school cooperation. “The project involved 22 students from last year’s 5th grade, whose work revolved around the environment, the actions that people can take in order to raise awareness on environmental issues,” said school director Efstratios Kyvirtzikis. The award ceremony took place in the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels, in the presence of more than 200 participants, including students and teachers from 16 countries, as well as Education Ministries and European Union representatives. The awards were presented by European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics. School teacher Angeliki Kougiourouki, who oversaw the project, received the award on behalf of the Greek delegation.
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First grade students of the all-day elementary school of Vivlos in the Greek island of Naxos starred in an inspiring short film entitled “Let’s imagine the school of our dreams,” winning the first prize during a special ceremony in Crete on Saturday, under the “1st National Creative Expression Contest In Primary Schools” for the University of Crete. Through “experiential learning” – a fruitful teaching method that allows students to be engaged in the learning process – Vivlos’ school teacher Nikos Vintzileos urged his students to let their imagination free and express their ideas for the school of their dreams. In its record of accomplishments, Vivlos’ primary elementary school has also been awarded one more first prize for a music video created for the 2013 European eTwinning Competition. eTwinning promotes school collaboration among European countries through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing special support, tools and services for schools. You can watch the “Let’s imagine the school of our dreams” video below:
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According to the Shanghai university rankings published last week the Medical School of Athens University ranked in 110th place worldwide, in the field “Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy.” The University of Athens Medical School was placed above several well-established Universities in Europe and the United States. Furthermore, the institution impressively managed to rise 50 places in the rankings compared to last year. Despite operating in a country to the economic collapse, the field of medicine is proudly able to stand alongside the well-known European and American universities. This is an unprecedented achievement for a public educational institution on an international level since government grants for Greek universities have decreased by about 80% over the last five years, resulting in Universities in Greece operating with a budget equivalent to 10% of the average budget used by European universities. The University of Athens Medical School has been operating for 170 years and it has been highly active not only on a national level but also worldwide. During these years its contribution has been invaluable in the areas of Education, Research, Clinical Medicine and Social Wellfare.
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Conceptual design for the first phase of a Greek Village at Southeast Missouri State University was approved today by the Southeast Board of Regents ...
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Four Greek universities have made it onto a global list of the world’s top 200 institutions.
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Four Greek universities were featured on the list of the best universities in the world, according to QS’s new international university ranking table, depending on the field of expertise. The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) ranked in 29th place in the field of Civil and Structural Engineering, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Patras ranked among the top 100 and top 150 universities in the world, in the same field. NTUA also ranked among the top 150 universities in the world in regards to Engineering subfields. Furthermore, the Athens University of Economics and Business was ranked among the top 200 universities in the world in the field of Economic Studies and Business Administration. Overall, the first University worldwide was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), while QS ranked the Imperial College in London and the University of Cambridge in second place, with the same score. Next on the list was Harvard University, followed by London College and Oxford University.
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