Ancient Greek Education - Private Education

Private Education

  • There are public and private dimotika (primary education), gymnasia (middle school; secondary education), lykeia (high school; secondary education). Some of them are for foreigners, usually children of British or American families. For example see American Community Schools.
  • Public and private IEK.
  • According to the article 16 of the Greek constitution, private tertiary education was not allowed in Greece. However there were some Laboratories of Free Studies (Ergastiria Eleutheron Spoudon), often franchises of foreign universities, sometimes non-profit organizations, which advertised themselves as private universities or as centers from public universities abroad. For example see DEI College/University of London International Programmes and UCLan, I.S.T. College/University of Hertfordshire, New York College, BCA Business College of Athens, ALBA Graduate Business School, University of Wales, Bangor, Mediterranean College, Deree College, etc.
  • Following changes in the Greek legislation, in 2008 and 2010, private organisations have been authorised to offer foreign undergraduate and postgraduate programmes under the monitoring of the Greek Ministry of Education. Ministry of Education List of Authorised Colleges

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