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Plagiarism rings running riot at universities
Despite mounting complaints to judicial authorities, plagiarism rackets that have been organized around Greek universities are reportedly continuing their activities unabated. → Read More
Students threaten professor to revise their grades
A professor in the Psychology Department at Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University says that she was “held hostage” in her office for around three hours last Friday, and was threatened and blackmailed because she failed 28% of the students in her class. → Read More
Universities bracing for onslaught of new chatbot
As educational institutions around the world report a spike in plagiarism stemming from increasingly widespread use of ChatGPT, Greek universities are bracing for the impact of the new AI-driven chatbot, effectively a highly sophisticated search engine. → Read More
Zografou dorms rescue project
A listed building, designed in 1975 by the architects Konstantinos Fines and Konstantinos Papaioannou, exponents of Greek modernism in public architecture, is getting a new lease on life after plans for its renovation were announced on Thursday. → Read More
Two out of three emigrants won’t return
Most of the Greeks who left their homeland during the financial crisis in the 2010s do not want to return, according to a study titled “Attitude of Greek Emigrants of the Economic Crisis toward Greece.” → Read More
Schools ushered into the digital age
As part of the effort to digitally transform school education, the Education Ministry plans to introduce interactive whiteboards and robotics systems. → Read More
Grow your own veggies scheme being launched at Tritsis Park
The new management of the Antonis Tritsis Park in the western Athens suburb of Ilion will be offering local residents who are having trouble making ends meet small parcels of land where they can grow their own vegetables. → Read More
Teacher assessment set to get under way next week
The assessment of 4,500 newly appointed school teachers, one of the flagship policies of the government’s reform agenda, will begin this coming week, the Education Ministry said Thursday. → Read More
Greece has Europe’s oldest professors
Greece has the oldest university lecturers in Europe and the fewest aged under 35, according to a recent report by the National Authority for Higher Education (EThAAE). More specifically, of the 17,049 permanent lecturers at Greek universities, more than half are over 50. → Read More
Aim to complete teacher evaluation within gov’t term
The timing of the selection and placement of the approximately 800 new education advisers and 14,000 school administrators will determine the start of the evaluation of newly appointed teachers who will complete their first two years in schools in June 2023. → Read More
Complaints platform for bullying
With one in three students bullied at school, one in two verbally and some isolated from the entire class, the Education Ministry has drafted a bill exhorting victims and their families to speak up. → Read More
Education heading into the metaverse
A successful balance between the real and the digital world will be the hallmark of future schools and universities, according to experts. → Read More
Pupils get chance to name exoplanets
Twenty-six Greek primary schools have responded to the invitation extended around the world by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to name 20 selected exoplanets (i.e. planets outside our solar system) along with their host stars, which have been discovered relatively recently and are set to be observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). → Read More
Greece lagging in preschool education
Greece ranks at the tail end of European Union countries when it comes to preschool education, according to the European Commission’s Education and Training Monitor 2022. → Read More
US universities establish ties with Greek counterparts
Representatives from 30 American universities – including top-flight private and public schools – were in Greece last week to establish partnerships with Greek counterparts. → Read More
‘Teach fewer things in greater depth,’ says OECD education adviser on Greek school system
Kathimerini caught up with the German mathematician, statistician and researcher in the field of education, to talk about education today, the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment, and what schools need to focus on to instill pupils with the skills that will help them in life. → Read More
Thirty US unis in Athens forging ties
Representatives from 30 American universities – including top-flight schools like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins – are in Greece these days exploring new partnerships and strengthening already existing ties with local institutions, thanks to an initiative launched in December 2019 by the Greek Education Ministry and the Institute of International Education… → Read More
Patra University launching degree programs in China
The University of Patra has taken the lead in establishing two undergraduate degree programs in China. → Read More
Child rape case highlights shortcomings
The sexual abuse case involving a 12-year-old in Athens and her mother accused of pimping has sparked a public debate in Greece over shortcomings regarding child abuse. → Read More
Thousands of engineering students left in limbo
Some 15,000 engineering students at former technical colleges (TEI) are at risk of not qualifying to practice their chosen profession after graduation due to a discrepancy in standards with engineering schools at polytechnic universities. → Read More