1. GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

2. NON-COMPULSORY PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
AGE: 4-5
CLASS: KINDERGARTEN

3. COMPULSORY EDUCATION PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRIMARY EDUCATION 14-15
AGE
5-6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
CLASS-YEAR
KINDERGARTEN 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 8 9
PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
AND
PRIMARY EDUCATION
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
(GYMNASIUM)

4. POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY GENERAL EDUCATION (LYCEUM)
UPPER SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL LYCEUM)
VOCATIONAL TRAINING ISTITUTE

5. POST COMPULSORY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (GENERAL LYCEUM) AGES 15-16
16-17
17-18
CLASS-YEAR
10 (A)
11 (B)
12 (C)

6. GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION (GENERAL LYCEUM)
Compulsory Subjects - year 1, 2, 3
Religious Education
Classical Greek Language and Literature
Modern Greek Language
Modern Greek Literature
History
Physics , Chemistry, Biology
Foreign Language: English
Physical Education

7. Compulsory subjects Economy (Year 1) Technology (Year 1)
Vocational Guidance (Year 1)
Chemistry (Year 1,2)
Algebra (Year 1, 2)
Geometry (Year 1, 2)
Introduction to Law and Political Institutions (Year 2)
Sociology (Year 3)
Mathematics and Statistics (Year 3)

8. Optional Courses Year 2 CLASSICAL COURSE SCIENCE-MATHS COURSE Year 3
ECONOMICAL COURSE
Optional subjects : Design, ICT, Geology , Greek and European Civilization, Business managment

9. SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL LYCEUM)
POST COMPULSORY UPPER
SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL LYCEUM)
AGES
15-16
16-17
17-18
CLASS A B
FIELD
SELECTION C
PROVINCE SELECTION

10. Vocational Training Institute can be: public (no fees) or private
AGE
DURATION
OVER 18
YEARS
Vocational Training Institute can be: public (no fees) or private

11. Exams in national level
ACCESS TO THE TERTIARY EDUCATION
Exams in national level

12. TERTIARY EDUCATION AGE OVER 18 UNIVERSITY 4 YEARS POLYTECHNICS 5 YEARS
(MEDICAL STUDIES 6 YEARS)
POLYTECHNICS
5 YEARS
HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL ISTITUTIONS
OPEN UNIVERSITY

13. Tertiary Education is provided only in public institutions (no fees)
Through the Hellenic constitution