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    <th width="22" style="background-color: #FFFF99">Nr.</th>
    <th style="background-color: #FFFF99">Name</th>
    <th width="270" style="background-color: #FFFF99">URL</th>
    <th width="252" style="background-color: #FFFF99">Notes</th>
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    <td>1</td>
    <td width="242"><strong>Hellenic Open University </strong></td>
    <td><a href="http://www2.eap.gr/frameset.jsp?locale=en" target="_blank">http://www2.eap.gr/frameset.jsp?locale=en</a></td>
    <td>Students with a high school
      degree only, are able to enrol &ndash;usually on line- in theme
      units that substitute the traditional courses. During their<br>
      courses they have to communicate with the instructor, they
      prepare assignments and they form on line groups with their
    co-students.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2</td>
    <td width="242"><strong>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki</strong></td>
    <td><a href="http://www.auth.gr/home/index_en.html" target="_blank">http://www.auth.gr/home/index_en.html</a></td>
    <td>Since 1997, there is an important effort<br>
    to transform the bigger university in Greece in dual mode university that can provide a great part of graduate and
    postgraduate programs with both traditional methods and
    distance learning, with the creation of 6 virtual tele-classes
    and one tele-conference room.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3</td>
    <td width="242"><strong>Telematohs@University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki</strong></td>
    <td><a href="http://www.uom.gr/index.php?newlang=eng" target="_blank">http://www.uom.gr/index.php?newlang=eng</a></td>
    <td>Telemathos aims at the production
      of multimedia educational material and provides e-courses<br>
      concerning: &ldquo;Business Administration&rdquo;, &lsquo;Sales techniques
      and marketing methods&rsquo;, &ldquo;Accounting and taxes&rdquo;,
      &ldquo;Evaluation of investment and exploitation of incentives&rdquo;,
      for graduate students and professionals for their
    professional training and local economic development.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>4</td>
    <td width="242"><strong>National Techincal University of Athens </strong></td>
    <td><a href="http://www.ntua.gr/en_index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ntua.gr/en_index.htm</a></td>
    <td>The National Technological University of Athens (NTUA)
      supports the faculty and the students with distance learning
      infrastructure in terms of installations, audiovisual media
    and network equipment.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>5</td>
    <td width="242"><strong>Athens University of Economics and Business</strong></td>
    <td><a href="http://www.aueb.gr/index_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.aueb.gr/index_en.php</a></td>
    <td>The tele-education Centre of the Athens University of
      Ecomomics and Business materializes an application for the development of distance learning environment through the
      Lab. of Business Information Technology. <br>
      <br>
      The pilot web
      courses 
      concern:<br>
      Internet and E-commerce,
      Database for Business applications, Principles for the
      design and Implementation of Information systems and
      Business Information Systems, specifically created to
    support the needs of executives</td>
  </tr>
</table>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 11:32, 2 September 2008

Greece in a nutshell

Greece


Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a parliamentary republic; Greece is in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952. Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos, Ioannina, Larissa and Kavala are some of the country's other major cities.


Greece's total area is 131,990 km², with a water percentage of 0.8669. According to the NSSG (National Statistical Service of Greece ), Greece's total population in 2001 was 10,964,020; extimated population in 2008 is 11,216,708, the 74th largest population in the World.

Country education system

33rd and 34th articles of Italian Constitution establish the freedom to teach and learn sciences, arts and professions.

The Italian school system at present is based on primary, secondary and higher education. Younger children can go to the nursery school from the age of 3 years until they are 6. This school is not compulsory but is now rather normal to send the childern to these schools.

Pre-education

Nursery schools (Παιδικός σταθμός, Paidikós Stathmós) are popular but not compulsory. Kindergartens (Νηπιαγωγείο, Nipiagogeío) are now compulsory for any child above 4 years of age.

Compulsory education

Children start primary school aged 6 and remain there for six years. Attendance at Gymnasia starts at age 12 and last for three years.

The primary level starts at the age of 6 until the age of 11.

Primary school: duration 5 years (6 y/old - 12 y/old children)
Gymnasia School: duration 3 years (12 y/old - 15 y/old)

After the primary school follows the Gymnasia until 15 years of age. At that age the compulsary education is completed.

Secondary education

Greece's post-compulsory secondary education consists of two school types:

  • unified upper secondary schools (Ενιαίο Λύκειο, Eniaia Lykeia);
  • technical-vocational educational schools (Τεχνικά και Επαγγελματικά Εκπαιδευτήρια, "TEE").

Post-compulsory secondary education also includes vocational training institutes (Ινστιτούτα Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης, "IEK") which provide a formal but unclassified level of education. As they can accept both Gymnasio (lower secondary school) and Lykeio (upper secondary school) graduates, these institutes are not classified as offering a particular level of education.

The Programme for International Student Assessment, coordinated by the OECD, currently ranks the Greek secondary education as the 12th in the world, being significantly above the OECD average.

Higher education

Public higher education is divided into universities, "Highest Educational Institutions" (Ανώτατα Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα, Anótata Ekpaideytiká Idrýmata, "ΑΕΙ") and "Highest Technological Educational Institutions" (Ανώτατα Τεχνολογικά Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα, Anótata Technologiká Ekpaideytiká Idrýmata, "ATEI"). Students are admitted to these Institutes according to their performance at national level examinations taking place after completion of the third grade of Lykeio. Additionally, students over twenty-two years old may be admitted to the Hellenic Open University through a form of lottery.

The Capodistrian university of Athens is the oldest university in the eastern Mediterranean.


Virtual initiatives in HE

Nr. Name URL Notes
1 Hellenic Open University <a href="http://www2.eap.gr/frameset.jsp?locale=en" target="_blank">http://www2.eap.gr/frameset.jsp?locale=en</a> Students with a high school
     degree only, are able to enrol –usually on line- in theme 
     units that substitute the traditional courses. During their
courses they have to communicate with the instructor, they prepare assignments and they form on line groups with their
co-students.
2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki <a href="http://www.auth.gr/home/index_en.html" target="_blank">http://www.auth.gr/home/index_en.html</a> Since 1997, there is an important effort
   to transform the bigger university in Greece in dual mode university that can provide a great part of graduate and 
   postgraduate programs with both traditional methods and 
   distance learning, with the creation of 6 virtual tele-classes 
and one tele-conference room.
3 Telematohs@University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki <a href="http://www.uom.gr/index.php?newlang=eng" target="_blank">http://www.uom.gr/index.php?newlang=eng</a> Telemathos aims at the production
     of multimedia educational material and provides e-courses
concerning: “Business Administration”, ‘Sales techniques and marketing methods’, “Accounting and taxes”, “Evaluation of investment and exploitation of incentives”, for graduate students and professionals for their
professional training and local economic development.
4 National Techincal University of Athens <a href="http://www.ntua.gr/en_index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ntua.gr/en_index.htm</a> The National Technological University of Athens (NTUA)
     supports the faculty and the students with distance learning 
     infrastructure in terms of installations, audiovisual media 
and network equipment.
5 Athens University of Economics and Business <a href="http://www.aueb.gr/index_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.aueb.gr/index_en.php</a> The tele-education Centre of the Athens University of
     Ecomomics and Business materializes an application for the development of distance learning environment through the 
     Lab. of Business Information Technology. 

The pilot web courses concern:
Internet and E-commerce, Database for Business applications, Principles for the design and Implementation of Information systems and Business Information Systems, specifically created to
support the needs of executives

References

Wikipedia:Greece

European Youth Portal > Studying > Greece

Distance Learning in Higher Education and Perspectives in Greece



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