Seminar "Racism and violence" 4th Lykeio Rodou

Seminar on Career Guidance, 4th Lykeio Rodou

Volunteers for blood donation, 4th Lykeio Rodou

Participation of 4th Lykeio Rodou at "Road Safety Week"

Model United Nations, 4th Lykeio Rodou

Συμμετοχή στο 18ο Μοντέλο Προσομοίωσης

του Οργανισμού Ηνωμένων Εθνών (2014-2015)

Virtual Business, 4th Lykeio Rodou

Traditional Rhodian Pie

Participation of 4th Lykeio Rodou at MRC

Rhodes Model Regional Cooperation MRC (2015-2016)

 RHODES MODEL REGIONAL COOPERATION 2015

Award of 4th Lykeio Rodou at Painting Competition

Student of 4th GEL Rodou Dimitrakis Michael receiving his award. 

Opening of 4th Lykeio Rodou

Opening Ceremony

Sports Day at 4th Lykeio Rodou 2015-16

Sports Day at 4th Lykeio Rodou
 

 

Students and teachers participate in sports activities. The theme was Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Structure of the European Education Systems

The Structure of the European  Education Systems
Schematic Diagrams

 

Source: The structure of the European education systems 2014/15. Schematic diagrams

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice./documents/facts_and_figures/education_structures_EN.pdf

General Upper Secondary curriculum

General Upper Secondary School grade A.
An exclusively general education grade with a timetable of subjects totalling 35 hours per week. In particular, a 33-hour curriculum is applied per week, with 9 General education subjects being common for all students plus a curriculum of 2 hour weekly consisting of 1 elective subject chosen among 4 subjects.
General Upper Secondary School Grade A Timetable
General education subjects:
1.Greek Language, 9 teaching hours, with Ancient Greek Language and Literature, Modern Greek Language and Literature as distinct teaching subjects-fields  covering 5,2 and 2 hours respectively.
2.Mathematics, 5 hours, with Algebra, and Geometry as distinct teaching subjects-fields covering 3 and 2 hours respectively.
3.Science, 6 hours, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as distinct teaching- subjects included, each covering 2 hours.
4. History, 2 hours
5.Civic Education, 3 hours, with Economy, Civil Institutions, Law Principles and Sociology as teaching subjects
6. Religion Education, 2 hours
7.Project, 2 hours
8.Foreign Language, 2 hours, (English, French or German)
8. Physical Education, 2 hours
Elective subjects:
    Information Technology Applications, 2 hours
    Geology  and Natural Resources Management, 2 hours
    Greek and European Civilisation, 2 hours
    Art Education, 2 hours 

General Upper Secondary School grade B

Annual walk against cancer, Rhodes 1st November 2015

Students and teachers from Lykeio Archagelou, participating in Annual walk against cancer in Rhodes town

Geniko Lykeio Archagelou Rhodes

Geniko Lykeio Archagelou Rhodes (General Upper Secondary School of Archagelos Rhodes) is a regional school in Archagelos town, on the island of Rhodes. It is a public school with 300 students and 25 teachers.
Our school aims at providing a happy school environment for all students. We try to improve school performance while at the same time development of personal and social skills is equally impoprtant.
We work and learn together with everyone involved in student education (authorities, teachers, parents/ guardians) in order to improve school climate.
Our school priorities include:
· Projects and activities that enrich school curriculum, encourage student motivation and follow different pedagogical approaches.
· European projects to support European citizenship.
· Digital culture at school adjusting to rapid financial, cultural and technological changes of our time.

Located on Rhodes island, a favourite holiday spot, our students are accustomed to meeting foreigners in the summer and they enjoy participating in projects and communicating with students from other countries.
Our school website (in Greek) http://blogs.sch.gr/lykarcha/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/genikolykeio
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPHKFIWG8pqHYe0sQiKdJw

School building in 1960s

Tertiary Education

Structure
Higher education consists of two parallel sectors: the University sector (Universities, Polytechnics, Fine Arts Schools, the Open University) and the Technological sector (Technological Education Institutions (TEI) and the School of Pedagogic and Technological Education).
The same law regulates issues concerning governance of higher education along the general lines of increased participation, greater transparency, accountability and increased autonomy.
Current legislation establishing the International University of Greece aims at facilitating student mobility and increasing the number of places offered in higher education, especially for foreign students. This University will also offer distance learning courses.
There are also State Non-university Tertiary Institutes offering vocationally oriented courses of shorter duration (2 to 3 years) which operate under the authority of other Ministries.

Access

Post-Secondary, non Tertiary Education

The main provider of Post-Secondary, non Tertiary Education constitute the Vocational Training Institutes (IEK) operating in the context of non formal education, i.e of education offered in an organized educational context outside the formal educational system and being able to result in the acquisition of certificates recognized at national level.
Vocational Training Institutes (IEK) aim at providing services of initial and continuing vocational training to formal non compulsory Secondary education graduates, of General and Vocational Upper Secondary school and to Vocational Training Schools’ graduates.
Public and private I.E.K. offer training courses accredited by the Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs and O.E.E.K. (Greek: Οργανισμός Εκπαίδευσης και Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης, Organization of Vocational Education & Training).
Awards and accreditation
Certificate of Vocational Training
(Greek: βεκ:Βεβαίωση Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης)
Assessment: progress tests; final examinations at the end of each semester.
Obtained after successfully completing a training course (2 years, 4 semesters).
Diploma of Vocational Training / Accreditation
(Greek: Δἰπλωμα Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης / Πιστοποίηση)
After completing the course and obtaining the certificate, trainees from public and private I.E.K. can follow a work placement and they are eligible to sit on biannual National Accreditation Examinations (Greek: Εξετάσεις Πιστοποίησης), both in written and oral form.
Europass supplement
A Europass Certificate or Diploma Supplement is also available in Greek and English language.

Overview of the Greek Educational System - Schematic Representation

Schematic Representation of the Greek Educational System
Read more at 
 https://www.etwinning.net/shared/data/etwinning/country_focus/greece_education_system_en.pdf

Organization of the School Year

Organization of the School Year
The organization of the school year for upper secondary school is fixed at central level. School year begins on September 1st and ends on August 31st of the following year. The teaching year begins on September 1st and ends on June 30th while the teaching of subjects begins on September 11th and ends in the middle of May. The exam period follows, with exams for grades Α΄ and Β΄ which define whether pupils move up to the next grade, while grade C΄ pupils take the national (pan-Hellenic) exams which lead to their entrance in HEIs, and the upper secondary school leaving certificate exams.
The teaching year in the General Upper Secondary School is divided in 2 terms. The first term lasts from September 1st to January 20th; the second term starts on 21st January and ends in May on a date fixed by a decision of the Minister of Education
The teaching year encompasses Christmas and Easter holidays of 4 weeks total duration. Summer holidays begin on 15th June, until 10th September while teachers' holidays start on 1st July, until August 31st.
Organization of the School Day and Week
General Upper secondary school timetable is set on a central level and is globally implemented throughout the territory. The classes in day schools begin at 08:15 and end at 14:10, while in evening schools, classes begin at 19:20 and end at 22:55

Greek Educational System

The Greek education system is governed by national laws and legislative acts (decrees, ministerial decisions), while the general responsibility for education lies with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. The Greek education system was until recently predominantly centralised, however, within the framework of the country's adaptation to international standards, actions are being undertaken in order to shift towards decentralisation. Curricula and weekly timetables, for all types of primary and secondary education schools, are centrally specified and their application is compulsory for all schools in the country.
Early Childhood Education and CarePre-primary education in Greece begins at the age of 4 when children are allowed to enrol in Nipiagogeia (pre-primary schools). Attendance in them is compulsory for all 5 year old children. The operation of Nipiagogeia falls under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. In what regards early childhood care, Child and Infant Centres operate under the auspices of the Municipal Authorities.
Primary Education

Certification from Upper Secondary School

Certification
General Upper Secondary School graduates are awarded a title called General Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Apolytirio). This is issued once by the school attended by the pupil and does not change. It includes information on the final mark, as well as analytical scores that the student has achieved in different subjects.
Holders of an Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate are presented with the following possibilities:

• To pursue their studies in Tertiary Education if they manage to get the marks required for the Faculty of their preference; this results from the performance at school level and the marks they obtain in the exams at national level (pan-Hellenic exams).
• To enroll in Vocational Training Institutes to obtain specialization.
• To take part in competitions for their recruitment in the public or private sector.
• To join the labor market without specialization.

Those who receive an Upper Secondary School Apolytirion without having participated in the Pan-Hellenic exams, have the right to access Higher Education only if they take the required written exams of the last year lessons conducted on a Pan-Hellenic level, any other year except the year of their graduation.

Learners' assessment in Greek educational system

General Upper Secondary School (Lykeio)
The final pupil assessment stems from two parameters:
a) Pupil assessment during the terms co-estimating:

• Their active participation in the entire teaching-learning process
• Their diligence and interest in the subject in question
• Their performance in the one hour written tests on a certain amount of taught material. An hourly written test is performed for every subject during the first term, or if not possible during the second term. Besides the hourly written tests, pupils are assessed by short written tests lasting from 5 to 15 minutes, without prior notice in the form of short and variable questions.
• Their work at school or homework.
• Their creative projects which are co-estimated for assessment of the respective subject, for the term they are submitted. These projects can be individual or group projects and they intend to develop pupils’ creativity and research spirit

b) Written tests either for moving up to the next grade (from A to B or from B to C) or for acquiring the school leaving certificate (grade C).
Written promotion school-based exams are held in all subjects with the exception of research projects and physical education. Students of all classes within the same school are tested in the same questions. The exams are corrected by the respective teachers.

Marks and promotion in Greek educational system

The rating scale for the calculation of pupil performance is 0-20 bearing also verbal characterizations as follows:
Poor 0 to 5
Insufficient 5,1 to 9,4
Fairly Good 9,5 to 13
Good 13,1 to 16
Very Good 16,1 to 18
Excellent 18,1 to 20

Prerequisite to students’ promotion to next grade is that the general mark obtained is equal to or above 9,50 (out of 20). In case the prerequisite is not met, students repeat the written examination in September, in all the subjects they failed to get an admission mark. If admission requirements are still not met, they have to repeat the class.

Sufficient attendance for promotion to next grade

Sufficient attendance during the teaching year is a prerequisite for promotion to the next grade or graduation.
The pupils are allowed up to 50 hours of absence that do not need to be justified, or they are allowed 114 hours of absence out of which 64 must be justified, or no more than 164 hours when they have an average oral mark of at least 15 and they manifest excellent behaviour. If attendance is characterized inadequate, pupils are bound to repeat the class (Presidential Decree 60/2006).

It's all Greek to me

Greek language
Greek is a direct descendant of the Indo-European language spoken by civilizations in the northeastern Mediterranean for centuries before Christ.
The Greek language, in its several variations, has been used to record each step in an unbroken literary tradition stretching almost 3,000. Modern Greek retains many of the linguistic qualities, and a high degree of unity, from its original stock.