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Εισαγωγή μαθητών στα Πρότυπα Γυμνάσια και Λύκεια
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Points of service
INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT OF STANDARD AND EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Number of required documents
Description
The procedure concerns the admission, by means of a skills test, to the introductory (A) class in standard lower and upper secondary schools, and the corresponding admission by means of a skills test to the B and C classes in standard lower and upper secondary schools. It affects citizens, parents/guardians of pupils who are going to attend or are already attending schools for secondary education.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT OF STANDARD AND EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (digital)
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification with TAXISnet codes
Related
There is no provision for re-evaluating written exams.
Output & Results
Output
Document Production
Other information
Alternative titles
Admission of pupils and related arrangements to standard schools (SS) – Lower and upper secondary schools
Official title
Admission of pupils to standard schools (SS) and related arrangements
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (digital)
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40151
No
606000
605400
Identification with TAXISnet codes
875762
17412
8210
Framers, gov.gr, SDG
Not to be used as a supporting document
The procedure concerns the admission, by means of a skills test, to the introductory (A) class in standard lower and upper secondary schools, and the corresponding admission by means of a skills test to the B and C classes in standard lower and upper secondary schools. It affects citizens, parents/guardians of pupils who are going to attend or are already attending schools for secondary education.
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Possession of passwords to enter software
The parent/guardian must have obtained TAXISnet credentials.
No
No
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An opinion from the Health Committees of the EFKA Disability Certification Centre, or an opinion from the Centres for Educational and Counselling Support (KESY) or the KEDDY or the Child and adolescent mental health services or the Medical-Pedagogical Centres (IDP), as appropriate.
Expert Evaluation
An opinion from the Health Committees of the EFKA Disability Certification Centre, or an opinion from the Centres for Educational and Counselling Support (KESY) or the KEDDY or the Child and adolescent mental health services or the Medical-Pedagogical Centres (IDP), as appropriate.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
The necessary supporting documents must be submitted in person to the standard lower or upper secondary school of interest at least 10 days before the test is held. All opinions must be valid and in force.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Educational
No
8520
2
Solemn declaration under Article 8 of Law 1599/1986
Solemn Declaration
No
7320
Law
10-23
4692
2020
111
Α
Law
3
3699
2008
199
Α
Decision
22010
2023
Decision
25409
2023
Decision
61
2021
Joint Ministerial Decision
3021/22/10
2005
932
Β
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Receipt of an application for admission of pupils to standard lower/upper secondary schools
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The parent or guardian enters the ‘System for submitting applications for pupils to standard schools, experimental schools and church schools. Brief instructions are given before the application is submitted and then they proceed to submitting the application at the active point.
Notes
The period for submitting applications is set for the first 10 days of March of the current school year and shall not be less than 10 days.
In the same application, you can apply for admission of the pupil to two standard lower secondary schools or two standard upper secondary schools, as well as to one church lower secondary school or general church upper secondary school, stating the order of preference respectively.
No
No
2
Receipt of the online application for the admission of students to the introductory class (1st grade of lower secondary school / 1st grade of upper secondary school) in standard schools
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Co-responsible for Implementation
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Parents/guardians apply for their children to participate in the written skills procedure for admission to the introductory class of the first grade of lower secondary school and the first grade of upper secondary school, for two standard schools. This procedure assesses pupils’ skills acquired during their studies in primary school or lower secondary school, related to the understanding of texts in Greek and mathematical concepts.
Notes
After the deadline for submission of applications, the unique application code and the unique six-digit number corresponding to each pupil are assigned. These are needed for applicants to continue with the procedure and participate in the examinations. Applicants are also entitled to print out the certificate of submission of the application showing: (a) details of the applicant; (b) declared details of the pupil; (c) declared contact details; (d) schools of preference and order of preference; (e) application code and pupil’s six-digit number.
Yes
No
3
Posting of candidate lists with reference to the online application number
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
After the deadline for submission of online applications, members of the examination board at the examination centre concerned are given access to the data in the platform in order to (a) confirm and (b) export the lists posted on the website and on the notice board of the school unit designated as examination centre with reference to the online application code of all candidates who will sit an exam at the examination centre.
Yes
No
4
Assignment of a priority number for a standard school by public drawing of lots
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The public drawing of lots online is conducted by the Selection Committee for experimental schools. One random unique priority number is drawn and assigned, using appropriate software (online draw), to each candidate for the experimental schools in order to settle any ties that may arise.
Notes
The head teachers of the relevant standard or church schools are given access to the platform, and export the file containing all the candidates who have declared the specific school unit in ascending order of priority number, without taking into account the order of preference. The above list, under the responsibility of the relevant Scientific Supervisory Board (EPES) or the head teacher of the church school, is posted on the school’s website so that the parents, guardians or any other person who has custody of the pupils or is legally authorised are informed of the candidate’s priority number for a standard school.
Yes
No
5
Organisation of examinations
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Minister
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
a) Appointment of the KEOEK (Central Committee for the Organisation of Examinations and Drawing of Lots)
b) Appointment of schools/examination centres
c) Appointment of examination boards
d) Appointment of the Grading Centre Committee
e) The Steering Committee of Standard and Experimental Schools (DEPPS) posts instructions to parents/guardians and pupils for the admission test for standard schools on its official website (https://depps.minedu.gov.gr/?p=10271).
Notes
(a) and (d) are appointed by Ministerial Decision
(b) and (c) are appointed under the responsibility of the relevant Regional Directorates for Education
Yes
No
6
Conducting of examinations
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Action of the executive / co-competent body
Description
1) On the date of the skills test, candidates must present an ID card or passport or, if they do not have either of these, a certificate of identity, as well as a printout of the certificate of submission of their application.
2) The Central Committee for the Organisation of Examinations and Drawing of Lots (KEOEK) sends the subjects electronically to the schools/examination centres just before the beginning of the test.
3) Pupils are examined in the subjects of comprehension of texts in Greek and mathematics.
Notes
The choice of answer per question is noted on a special answer sheet, which is sent, under the responsibility of KEOEK, to the schools/ examination centres. The candidate pupil must note, with the supervision of the invigilator, his/her application code must in the corresponding fields.
Instructions for filling in the answer sheet are posted on the website of DEPPS during the period of organisation of the examinations.
Yes
No
7
Grading of written examinations
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Answer sheets are graded on a scale from 0 to 100 points, with one hundred (100) points being Excellent. Fifty (50) points are awarded to each of the examined subjects. The answer sheets are scanned using special scanning machines.
Notes
There is no regrading procedure.
Yes
No
8
Results sent by the Grading Centre Committee
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The Grading Centre Committee sends the results to the DEPPS and updates the Application System (SYA).
Notes
In the event of equal grades between the last, in order, successful pupils, pupils will be ranked in ascending order according to their priority number.
Yes
No
9
Announcement of results by the EPES or the head teacher of the school unit
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The EPES or the head teacher of the school posts on the website and on the notice board of the school unit:
(a) the list of admitted pupils, with reference only to their application code, and (b) the list of successful pupils, with reference only to their application code.
Notes
The list of runners-up expires on 20 January of the relevant academic year. Parents or guardians are informed by any appropriate means, including electronically, of the results of the test.
Yes
No
10
Submission of a solemn declaration in case of successful simultaneous admission to both a standard and an experimental school
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Within at most 5 working days from the announcement of the results related to the standard school, both parents or the guardian(s) or other person who has custody of the student, issue a solemn declaration, through gov.gr, that they wish the pupil to attend the standard school. In this case, the other school unit where they succeeded will be notified and the pupil will be removed from the list of successful candidates for that school unit.
Notes
If they fail to submit the above solemn declaration within the period of 5 days, the pupil will be removed from the lists of successful candidates of both school units, as well as from the list of runners-up of the declared school unit.
Yes
No
11
Enrolment of a pupil admitted to the introductory class of a standard lower/upper secondary school
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
After the list of successful candidates and runners-up per standard school is finalised, the admitted pupils are enrolled in the standard lower secondary school of their choice, based on the general Circular.
Notes
If the parents or guardian(s) or the person who has custody of the pupil do not wish their child to attend the school, they arrange for his/her transfer, based on the general Circular on Enrolments/Transfers, no later than the beginning of classes in the relevant academic year.
Yes
No
12
Receipt of the online application for the filling of places for pupils in grades B and C at standard lower secondary schools and upper secondary schools through the written skills test procedure
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Any free places in grades B and C at standard lower secondary schools for each school year are filled by means of a skills test, which takes place in the standard lower secondary schools 3 days before the beginning of the academic year, under the responsibility of the Scientific Supervisory Board (EPES) and the governing bodies of each standard lower secondary school or the head teacher of the school.
Notes
Applications are filed at the school the candidate is interested in and an individual code is assigned to each application.
Yes
No
13
Announcement of free/vacated places on the website of each school unit
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Free places arise in cases where pupils leave a school, and are advertised for the class from which the pupil is leaving. Free/vacated places are announced on the website of the individual school.
Notes
If the number of pupils applying is equal to or less than the number of free places, the EPES or the head teacher, as the case may be, of the standard lower secondary school may decide to admit all the candidates, without the need for a skills test.
Yes
No
14
Receipt of applications from pupils applying during the first few days of the school year
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Applications to participate in the selection procedure to fill free pupil places in standard schools must be submitted:
A) in the personal presence of the two parents/guardians. Alternatively, the application must be accompanied by a solemn declaration from the absent parent/guardian that he/she consents to the child participating in the procedure, and a certificate of marital status; or
B) electronically, to the email address of the school unit of interest, with all the necessary supporting documents attached. In this case, the protocol number is sent electronically. If the application is submitted electronically, solemn declarations by both parents/guardians must be attached following the procedure laid down on the gov.gr website.
Notes
The parents/guardians of the pupils concerned are entitled to apply for two standard lower or upper secondary schools.
Participation in the skills test is allowed regardless of the pupil’s place of residence.
Yes
No
15
Conducting of the written test
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The test must be carried out at the premises of the relevant school unit before the start of classes and on a date announced on the website of the school unit by decision of the relevant Scientific Supervisory Board, or the head teacher of the relevant school unit if no such board has been established.
Pupils are examined in the above fields in a single test lasting one hundred and fifty minutes (150min) for lower secondary schools and one hundred and eighty minutes (180min) for upper secondary schools.
Notes
The test must be carried out at the premises of the relevant school unit before the start of classes and on a date announced on the website of the school unit by decision of the relevant Scientific Supervisory Board, or the head teacher of the relevant school unit if no such board has been established. Pupils are examined in the above fields in a single test lasting one hundred and fifty minutes (150 mins) for lower secondary schools and one hundred and eighty minutes (180 mins) for upper secondary schools.
Yes
No
16
Draw between pupils with equal scores
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Upon completion of the skills test, if there are pupils with equal scores, whether they are admitted pupils or runners-up, the final ranking order is determined by a draw carried out under the responsibility of the EPES or the head teacher of the school, as appropriate, and in the presence of the parents and guardians concerned.
Notes
Their final order of classification is determined by drawing lots
Yes
No
17
Validation and communication of results
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The EPES or the head teacher of the school, as appropriate, validates the result and communicates, by posting a relevant notice on the school website and the school notice board: (a) a ranking list of the pupils admitted according to their grades with reference to their application code, and (b) a ranking list of the runners-up according to their grades with reference to their application code.
Notes
The ranking list of the runners-up expires on 20 January of the relevant academic year.
Yes
No
18
Transfer of pupils to standard lower/upper secondary schools
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The parents or guardian(s) or the person who has custody of the pupil admitted to a standard school will, if they so wish, take all the necessary steps to transfer the pupil from the school where he/she is already enrolled to the standard school where he/she has been admitted, within 5 working days from the day following the announcement of the results of the supplementary draw.
Yes
Yes
19
Conducting of the written test
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The test must be carried out at the premises of the relevant school unit before the start of classes and on a date announced on the website of the school unit by decision of the relevant Scientific Supervisory Board, or the head teacher of the relevant school unit if no such board has been established. Pupils are examined in the above fields in a single test lasting one hundred and fifty minutes (150 mins) for lower secondary schools and one hundred and eighty minutes (180 mins) for upper secondary schools.
Notes
On the date of the skills test, students must present their identity card or passport and proof of submission of their application, bearing the application code, for full identification. Candidates must check in at the relevant school unit 1 hour before the start of the skills test.
Yes
No
20
Validation and communication of results
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The EPES or the head teacher of the school, as appropriate, validates the result and communicates, by posting a relevant notice on the school website and the school notice board: (a) a ranking list of the admitted pupils according to their grades with reference to their application code, and (b) a ranking list of the runners-up according to their grades with reference to their application code.
Notes
The ranking list of the runners-up expires on 20 January of the relevant academic year.
Yes
No
21
Transfer of pupils to standard lower/upper secondary schools
Responsible for Implementation
Educational Structure
Description
The parents or guardian(s) or the person who has custody of the pupil admitted to a standard school will, if they so wish, take all the necessary steps to transfer the pupil from the school where he/she is already enrolled to the standard school where he/she has been admitted, within 5 working days from the day following the announcement of the results of the supplementary draw.
Yes
Yes
Hellenic Institute of Educational Policy – Application and Instructions
Steering Committee of Standard and Experimental Schools
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