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Apolytirio ( Greek : Απολυτήριο ; in demotike , 1976–present) or phased out Apolytirion ( Απολυτήριον ; in polytonic , katharevousa , up until 1976) is the official senior secondary education school completion certificate (graduation qualification) in Greece (and Cyprus ) obtained after successfully completing the third grade of lyceum ( high school ). It is graded on a 20-point scale. Specific conditions and rules apply to the separate types of lyceum for the Pan-hellenic examinations which are in terms of the same or relevant Pan-hellenic examinations subjects of study as the General Lyceum type, such as the Vocational Lyceum (EPAL) having its own four subjects for the Pan-hellenic examinations. Every type of school follows a different curriculum.

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22-553: The types of Apolytirio ( Απολυτήριο ) in Greece are: There are two types of evening schools Apolytirio: The two main types are General Lyceum (Γενικό Λύκειο) - about 70% of the student and Vocational Lyceum (Επαγγελματικό Λύκειο) - about 30% of the student. The system and examinations accepted for entrance into Higher Education HE (Greek: ανώτερη εκπαίδευση ) in Greece went through major changes since 1980. The below timeline of lyceum subjects and Pan-hellenic exams subjects are from

44-480: A 4-pages machine-readable document (Greek: μηχανογραφικό δελτίο , michanografiko deltio ). The results of the National Examinations determined not only who will pass into highest/higher education but also next year's bases. The total individual score for every subject was 0–160 which was the sum of the 2 examiners' scores based on the scale 0–80 each. A remarking by a 3rd examiner would determine

66-621: A specialized program (Greek: Δέσμη, Δέσμες / Desmi (singular), Desmes (plural)). An Apolytirio of Geniko Lykeio included the GPA (scale 0–20), student's conduct information and consisted of: From 1984 until 1998 only the total score of the Panhellenic Examinations (Greek: Πανελλήνιες / Πανελλαδικές Εξετάσεις ) was accepted for the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) . The total Score

88-944: Is currently no limit in resits. The classification (Ἀριστα, Λίαν Καλὠς, Καλὠς) is derived from the overall credit-weighted average for all modules including the 'diplomatiki' (university/polytechnic) or 'ptichiaki' (TEI). (dissertation/project) Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Redirected from Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs ) Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού [REDACTED] Agency overview Formed 27 June 2023 Preceding agency Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs Jurisdiction Government of Greece Headquarters Athens , Greece Minister responsible Kyriakos Pierrakakis , 27 June 2023 Website www .minedu .gov .gr [REDACTED] This article

110-494: Is only descriptive evaluation, with no grades included. In the 3rd and 4th grade grades are only letters (Α–Δ) and in 5th and 6th grades numbers ranging from 1–10 are used. The 20-point grading system's range is widened in secondary school. The Lyceum school has 32–35 hours per week, with 20-point grading system, Law 4610/2019 The Apolytirio certificate qualification receives an additional final mention (level of distinction) with which it has been earned. The table below depicts

132-1550: Is part of a series on Politics of Greece [REDACTED] Constitution Constitutional history Human rights Executive Head of state President of the Republic ( list ): Katerina Sakellaropoulou Presidential Departments Government Prime Minister ( list ): Kyriakos Mitsotakis Cabinet : Kyr. Mitsotakis II Legislature Speaker : Konstantinos Tasoulas Presidium Conference of Presidents Parliamentary committees Constituencies Apportionment Judiciary Supreme courts Special Highest Court Court of Cassation Council of State Chamber of Accounts Subdivisions Regions Municipalities Elections Political parties Recent elections: Parliamentary : 2019 2023 (May) 2023 (June) Local: 2014 2019 2023 European : 2014 2019 2024 Referendums: 1973 1974 2015 Foreign relations Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister : Giorgos Gerapetritis Diplomatic missions of Greece Diplomatic missions in Greece KYSEA International Relations Passport Visa requirements Politics of

154-430: Is rare and it is not uncommon for an examination to be failed—or passed with grade 5—by the vast majority students. Most of the degrees can be equivalent to a bachelor's degree with honours BSc(Hons) / BEng (Hons) since all courses are 4 to 5 years and most of them professionally accredited. All modules, from all years, must be passed with a minimum grade of 5.00 (50%) in order for a degree to be assessed/awarded and there

176-561: The Apolytirio lyceum certificate. The written examinations in the subjects, either at school's level or at national level, count equivalently towards the Apolytirio's GPA. On the contrary, for entrance in highest education only the subjects examined nationally in written form are being considered. The Apolytirio is detached completely from highest education's entrance. Panhellenic National Level Examinations involve 6–7 subjects of

198-608: The Ministry of Education under Kostas Gavroglou of SYRIZA , decided to replace Latin with sociology in the school curriculum. This decision was not met without opposition from academics related to classical humanist studies, who called the move "anachronistic" and the major opposition party, New Democracy . In 2020,the Ministry of Education under Niki Kerameus ( ND ) reinstated Latin in the school curriculum, again with opposition from SYRIZA and academics related to Sociology. For

220-599: The religions in Greece . The incumbent minister is Kyriakos Pierrakakis . Greece is one of the two countries that have not signed the Lisboa convention which has been ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (2012).To this day, the independent department of professional recognition of academic degrees called ATEEN, still acts illegally against graduates of recognized open universities. In 2023,

242-675: The 3rd grade we have again the three directions but the Technology direction operates in two courses: i) the Technology and the Production course and ii) the Information Science and Services course. In Eniaio Lykeio , there is the Support Teaching Programme. This programme can be attended by those pupils who wish to do so, regardless of their performance. Right of entrance have only the holders of

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264-6506: The Council of State published its decision against the ministry's actions of the discriminative non-recognition of degrees. History [ edit ] Years Name 1833-1862 On Religious Affairs and Public Education Secretary of State 1862–1926 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education 1926–1949 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education 1949–1955 Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education 1955–2009 Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs 2009–2012 Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs 2012–2013 Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport 2013–2015 Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs January–September 2015 Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs 2015–2019 Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs 2019–2023 Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs 2023 - Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Current leadership [ edit ] Minister for Education and Religious Affairs: Kyriakos Pierrakakis Alternate Minister Giannis Vroutsis Deputy Minister Ioanna Lytrivi List of ministers [ edit ] National education and religious affairs (1981–2009) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Eleftherios Veryvakis 21 October 1981 5 July 1982 PASOK Apostolos Kaklamanis 5 July 1982 25 April 1986 Antonis Tritsis 25 April 1986 9 May 1988 Apostolos Kaklamanis 9 May 1988 22 June 1988 George Papandreou 22 June 1988 2 July 1989 Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos  [ el ] 2 July 1989 12 October 1989 New Democracy Konstantinos Despotopoulos 12 October 1989 23 November 1989 Independent Costas Simitis 23 November 1989 13 February 1990 PASOK Konstantinos Despotopoulos 13 February 1990 11 April 1990 Independent Vasilis Kontogiannopoulos 11 April 1990 10 January 1991 New Democracy Georgios Souflias 10 January 1991 13 October 1993 Dimitris Fatouros  [ el ] 13 October 1993 8 July 1994 George Papandreou 8 July 1994 25 September 1996 PASOK Gerasimos Arsenis 25 September 1996 13 April 2000 Petros Efthymiou 13 April 2000 10 March 2004 Marietta Giannakou 10 March 2004 19 September 2007 New Democracy Evripidis Stylianidis 19 September 2007 8 January 2009 Aris Spiliotopoulos 8 January 2009 7 October 2009 Education, lifelong learning and religious affairs (2009–2012) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Anna Diamantopoulou 7 October 2009 7 March 2012 PASOK Georgios Babiniotis 7 March 2012 17 May 2012 Independent National unity government Frosso Kiaou 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 Independent Caretaker government Education, religious affairs, culture and sport (2012–2013) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos  [ el ] 21 June 2012 25 June 2013 New Democracy Coalition government Education and religious affairs (2013–2015) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos 25 June 2013 10 June 2014 New Democracy Coalition government Andreas Loverdos 10 June 2014 27 January 2015 PASOK Coalition government Culture, education and religious affairs (2015) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Aristides Baltas 27 January 2015 27 August 2015 Syriza Coalition government Frosso Kiaou 28 August 2015 21 September 2015 Independent Caretaker government Education, research and religious affairs (2015–2019) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Nikos Filis 23 September 2015 5 November 2016 Syriza Coalition government Kostas Gavroglou  [ el ] 5 November 2016 9 July 2019 Syriza Coalition government Education and religious affairs (2019–2023) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Niki Kerameus 9 July 2019 26 May 2023 New Democracy Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis Christos Kittas 26 May 2023 26 June 2023 Independent Caretaker Cabinet of Ioannis Sarmas Education, religious affairs and sports (2023–present) [ edit ] Name Took office Left office Party Notes Kyriakos Pierrakakis 26 May 2023 New Democracy Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis Deputy Ministers [ edit ] Alternate Minister John Oikonomou (until 2023) Domna Michaelides (until 2023) Zetta Makri  [ el ] (2023 to 2024) References [ edit ] ^ el:Επί των Εκκλησιαστικών και της Δημοσίας Εκπαιδεύσεως Γραμματεία της Επικράτειας External links [ edit ] Ministry website v t e Current Cabinet of Greece Prime Minister : Kyriakos Mitsotakis National Economy and Finance : Kostis Hatzidakis Foreign Affairs : Giorgos Gerapetritis National Defence : Nikos Dendias Interior : Thodoris Livanios  [ el ] Education, Religious Affairs and Sport : Kyriakos Pierrakakis Health : Adonis Georgiadis Infrastructure and Transport : Christos Staikouras Environment and Energy : Theodoros Skylakakis Development : Takis Theodorikakos  [ el ] Labour and Social Security : Niki Kerameus Citizen Protection : Michalis Chrisochoidis Justice : Giorgos Floridis  [ el ] Culture : Lina Mendoni Migration and Asylum : Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos Social Cohesion and

286-508: The European Union [REDACTED] Greece portal Other countries v t e The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports ( Greek : Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού ) is a government department of Greece . One of the oldest ministries, established in 1833, it is responsible for running the country's education system and for supervising

308-735: The General Education Mathematics and History courses of the Integrated Lyceum, albeit the curriculum and the books have been modified, especially in the case of Maths and Statistics. Latin (since 2021-2022) (6) Although the total score from the Panhellenic Examinations determined the entrance in higher education in Greece, the final mark GPA (Grade Point Average) of the Apolytirio is the entry qualification most often requested in order to be accepted in higher education abroad. The results of

330-677: The General Lyceum (3rd grade). Besides the Lyceum Diploma ( Apolytirio ), the achievement score on a certificate awarded ( Βεβαίωση , Bebaiosi, 2002 till the phasing-out of the old system after 2016 ) takes into account final year school grade (school level evaluation) and the grades on 6 subjects of the National Examinations. For the General Lyceum (GEL) 4 orientation groups existed including 4 subjects each :(I) Humanities, Law and Social Sciences (II) Sciences (III) Health Sciences (IV) Economic and Computer Studies. In 2019,

352-569: The General Lyceum (GEL) 3 orientation groups exist, which include 3 subjects each: (I) Humanities and Social Sciences (II) Sciences and Health Sciences (III) Economic and Computer Studies. All students are also examined in "General Modern Greek Language and Literature and a countercurrent subject: Mathematics and Statistics for the Humanities group, and History of the Modern World for groups II and III. The countercurrent subjects stem from

374-536: The General Lyceum (GEL) only and it is not an exhaustive list of the all types of lyceum nor their subjects nor their subjects of Pan-hellenic exams, while should not be relied upon as a one. The most common/known Lyceum is the General Lyceum (Greek: Γενικὀ Λύκειο , Geniko Lykeio ). In the first 2 grades, all students are taught the same subjects. In 3rd grade, students followed a core programme of general education and each Desmi (Α, Β, Γ, and Δ) followed

396-634: The Greek Grading system while illustrates approximately how the Grades are compared with ECTS , US and UK grades: Lower Second-Class Honours (2:2) (50-59%) Third-Class Honours (Third or 3rd) (40-49%) For the National Technical University of Athens (polytechnic) the above grades are different: 9–10 is "excellent", 7–9 is "very good", 5–7 is "good", 0–4.9 is "fail". Depending on the school, grade inflation in Greece

418-583: The Panhellenic Examinations are usually not requested or are referred by different names such as General Entrance Examinations . Academic grading in Greece There are four grading systems (or scales) in Greece – four different GPA – one for higher education, one for secondary education, and two for primary education (grades 3 to 4 and 5 to 6). In 1st and 2nd grades in Greek primary schools there

440-562: The day. It was allowed to keep the individual subjects' scores (up to 3) and resit on exams to increase the total score, but only for 2 more examinations. There are three grades in Eniaio Lykeio and each grade is divided in classes. The 1st grade of Eniaio Lykeio operates as an orientation year with a general knowledge programme. The 2nd grade includes three directions: Humanities (Θεωρητική Κατεύθυνση), Science ( Θετική Κατεύθυνση ) and Technology ( Τεχνολογική Κατεύθυνση ). In

462-419: The final score if there was a large difference between the first two scores. Maximum total score = ((160 x 1.15)+ (160 x 0.95) + (160 x 0.95) + (160 x 0.95)) x 10 = 6400 units First, the scores for every student and later the bases for each course were published in every school across the country, directly from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Bases were also being broadcast on Greek TV during

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484-405: Was calculated from the individual scores, with one of the subjects having a higher weight percentage. e.g. for A Desmi: Mathematics, B Desmi: Biology, etc. The 4 Desmes ( A,B,Γ and Δ ) were: Students had to preselect their choices in a numerical order of preference—using the bases of last year's Panhellenic Examinations' only as a guide—and submit them to their school on a given deadline, using

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