Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Education Minister on the changes in High School

Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou announced the government plans for the new Greek High Schools on Wednesday. 

The Minister stated that the first year in high school will be providing a general education background and will function as a 'bridge' between high school and junior high school. 

The Education Ministry believes that with the changes students will have more free time for extra-curricular activities, the rote learning will be past and the tutorial schools will disappear