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Govt steps up policy response, hoping to impede Coronavirus

The government is stepping up the range of precautionary measures being taken to impede the spreading of the coronavirus in Greece, where 89 people have been diagnosed with the illness, but nobody has yet died.

OECD report shows poor quality of services and low trust in govt

The OECD Government at a Glance report for 2019 has shown the shortcomings in providing services to Greeks in areas such as health, justice, education and perceptions of trust for the government.

Greek pupils score below average in international rankings as long-term problems persist

The poor condition of Greece’s state education system has been laid bare in the latest OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes

The last of the three government bills due to be adopted before Parliament’s summer recess begins was adopted on Thursday amid much acrimony.

New government aims for extensive changes to education system

Greece’s education minister Niki Kerameus announced New Democracy’s plans for changes in the Greek education system in parliament on Sunday, which include changes to steer the education system towards the job market and sweeping modernisations.

ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda

Reforms in the education and judicial systems are high on the agenda of the new government, with officials indicating that New Democracy is already preparing to make significant changes on both fronts.

Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes

By: Georgia Nakou

Since key constituencies, including private and public sector workers and the young, abandoned governing SYRIZA to hand New Democracy a comfortable 9.5 percent lead in the May 26 European Parliament elections, the parties have been vying for the middle-class vote.

Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education

A report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how austerity damaged the country’s education system and exacerbated inequality in accessing education.

Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities

By: Georgia Nakou

Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis used a speech to educators late last month to attack the government’s policies on higher education and outline his own party’s agenda.

Greece scores low on index for skills development, activation and matching

Greece has scored poorly in the first European Skills Index (ESI) released by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).