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Εισαγωγή μαθητών στα Πρότυπα Γυμνάσια και Λύκεια
At a glance
Points of service
Available only digitally
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
Languages supported
Greek, English
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (digital)
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ΔΔ
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15
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6
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40151
No
606000
605400
Identification with TAXISnet codes
875762
17412
16718
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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3 months
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Possession of passwords to enter software
The parent/guardian must have obtained TAXISnet credentials.
No
No
1
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
1
Receipt of application for admission of students to Standard Gymnasiums/Lyceums
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
One of the two interested parents/guardians having custody of the students enters the Information System for Admission Applications (PSAE) to Standard Schools, Public Onassis Schools, Standard Ecclesiastical Schools and Experimental Schools.
Brief instructions follow before submission of the application and then the applicant proceeds to Submit the application at the active point.
Notes
The deadline for submitting applications is set within the first ten days of March of the current school year and may not be less than ten (10) days.
With the same application, admission may be requested for students to two (2) Standard Gymnasiums or two (2) Standard Lyceums, as well as to one (1) Ecclesiastical Gymnasium or General Ecclesiastical Lyceum, declaring the order of preference respectively.
No
No
2
Submission of electronic application for admission of students to the entry grade (1st grade of Gymnasium/1st grade of Lyceum) of Standard Schools
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Co-responsible for Implementation
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Parents/guardians request the participation of students in the written skills procedure for admission to the entry grade of 1st grade of Gymnasium and 1st grade of Lyceum of two (2) Standard Schools.
Through this procedure, students are assessed on skills acquired during their attendance at Primary School or Gymnasium respectively, relating to comprehension of Greek-language texts and mathematical concepts.
Notes
After final submission of the application, the Unique Submission Number (MAY) and the unique six-digit code corresponding to each student are assigned. These are necessary for applicants to monitor the procedure and participate in the examinations. Applicants are also entitled to print the certificate of submission of the application, which bears: (a) the applicant’s details, (b) the declared details of the student, (c) the declared contact details, (d) the schools of preference and order of preference, (e) the school for which the candidate wishes to be on the reserve list, and (f) the Unique Submission Number (MAY) of the application and the unique six-digit student code, in order to present it at the relevant examination centre on the day of the examination.
Yes
No
3
Posting of candidate lists referring to the electronic application number
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
After the deadline for submitting electronic applications has expired, the members of the examination committee of the relevant examination centre gain access to the platform data in order to (a) verify and (b) export lists which are posted on the website and notice board of the school unit designated as an examination centre, referring to the electronic application code of all candidates who will be examined at that examination centre.
Yes
No
4
Assignment of Standard School Priority Number by public draw
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The public electronic draw is conducted by the Draw Committee for Experimental Schools. Through appropriate software (electronic draw system), one (1) random unique Priority Number is drawn and assigned to each candidate for the Standard Schools in order to resolve any ties that may arise.
Notes
The Directors of the relevant Standard or Ecclesiastical Schools gain access to the platform and export the file containing all candidates who have declared the specific school unit, in ascending order of the Standard School Priority Number (APPS), without taking into account the order of preference. The above list, under the responsibility of the relevant EPES or the Director of the Ecclesiastical School, is posted on the school’s website so that parents or guardians or another person having custody of the students or lawfully authorised may be informed of the candidate’s APPS.
Yes
No
5
Organisation of examinations
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Minister
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
a) Appointment of KEOEK (= Central Committee for the Organisation of Examinations and Draw)
b) Designation of schools/examination centres
c) Appointment of examination committees
d) Appointment of Marking Centre Committee
e) DEPPs posts on its official website (https://depps.minedu.gov.gr/?p=10271) instructions for parents/guardians and students regarding the admission test for Standard Schools.
Notes
Items (a) and (d) are designated by Ministerial Decision.
Items (b) and (c) are designated under the responsibility of the relevant Regional Directorates of Education.
Yes
No
6
Conduct of examinations
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Action of the executive / co-competent body
Description
1) Candidates must present, on the date of the skills test, an identity card or passport or identity certification in the event that no identity card has been issued, and the printed certificate of submission of their application.
2) The Central Committee for the Organisation of Examinations and Draw (KEOEK) sends the topics electronically to the schools/examination centres immediately before the start of the test.
3) Students are examined in the cognitive subjects of comprehension of Greek-language texts and Mathematics.
Notes
The selected answer for each question is marked on a special answer sheet, which is sent, under the responsibility of KEOEK, to the schools/examination centres. On the answer sheet, under the responsibility of the candidate student and under the supervision of the invigilator, the candidate application code must be entered in the corresponding fields.
Instructions for completing the answer sheet are posted on the DEPPs website during the period of organisation of the examinations.
Yes
No
7
Marking of papers
Responsible for Implementation
Software
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The answer sheets are graded on a scale from 0 to 100 points, with excellent being one hundred (100) points. Fifty (50) points are awarded for each of the examined cognitive fields. The answer sheets are scanned on special scanning machines (Scan).
Notes
No re-marking procedure is provided.
Yes
No
8
Sending of results by the Marking Centre Committee
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The Marking Centre Committee sends the results to DEPPs and updates the Application Submission System (SYS).
Notes
In the event of a tie among the last successful students in order, the tied students are ranked in ascending order of APPS.
Yes
No
9
Announcement of results by the EPES or the Director of the school unit
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The EPES or the School Director posts on the website and on the notice board of the school unit:
(a) the list of admitted students, referring only to their application code, and (b) the list of reserve students, referring only to their application code.
Notes
The validity of the reserve list ceases on 20 January of the relevant school year.
Parents or guardians are informed by any appropriate means, including electronically, of the test results.
Yes
No
10
Submission of solemn declaration in case of simultaneous admission to a Standard, Public Onassis, Standard Ecclesiastical and Experimental School
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
At the latest within five (5) working days from the announcement of the results concerning Standard Schools, Public Onassis Schools and Standard Ecclesiastical Schools, both (2) parents or the guardian(s) or another person having custody of the student declare by solemn declaration, issued through gov.gr, that they wish the student to attend the Standard School. In this case, the other school unit to which the student has been admitted is informed and the student is removed from the list of successful candidates of that school unit.
Notes
If they do not submit the aforementioned solemn declaration within the five (5) day period, the student is removed from the success lists of both (2) school units, as well as from the reserve list of the declared school unit.
Yes
No
11
Registration of admitted student in the entry grade of a Standard Gymnasium/Lyceum
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
After finalisation of the list of successful and reserve candidates per Standard School, admitted students are registered in the Standard Gymnasium to which they have been admitted, on the basis of the general Circular.
Notes
If the parents or guardian(s) or another person having custody of the student do not wish their child to attend that school, they arrange for the student’s transfer, on the basis of the general Registration/Transfer Circular, no later than the start of lessons of the relevant school year.
Yes
No
12
Receipt of electronic application to fill student places in the 2nd and 3rd grades of Standard Gymnasiums and Lyceums through the written skills test procedure
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Vacant places in the 2nd and 3rd grades of Standard Gymnasiums for each school year are filled through a skills test, which takes place at the Standard Gymnasiums three (3) days before the start of the school year, under the responsibility of the Scientific Supervisory Board (EPES) and the administrative bodies of each Standard Gymnasium or the School Director.
Notes
Applications are submitted to the school of interest of each candidate and an individual code is assigned to each application.
Yes
No
13
Announcement of vacant/vacated places on the website of each school unit
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Any vacant places arise from the possible departure of students and are announced for the class from which the student departs.
Vacant/vacated places are announced on the website of each school.
Notes
If the number of candidate students is equal to or less than the number of vacant places, the EPES or the School Director, as applicable, of the Standard Gymnasium may decide to admit all candidates, without requiring the conduct of a skills test.
Yes
No
14
Receipt of application from candidate student during the first days of the start of the school year
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Applications for participation in the selection procedure for filling vacant student places in Standard Schools are submitted:
A) in person by both parents/guardians; otherwise, the application is accompanied by a solemn declaration by the absent parent/guardian that they consent to their child’s participation in the procedure and by submission of a family status certificate, or
B) electronically, to the e-mail address of the school unit of interest, with all 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 through the procedure provided on the gov.gr website.
Notes
The parents/guardians of interested students are entitled to submit an application to one (1) Standard Gymnasium or Lyceum.
Participation in the skills test is permitted regardless of the student’s place of residence.
Yes
No
15
Conduct of the written test
Responsible for Implementation
Collective body
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The test is conducted on the premises of the relevant school unit before the start of lessons and on a date announced on the school unit’s website following a decision of the relevant Scientific Supervisory Board or of the Director of the relevant school unit if such Board has not been constituted. Students are examined in the above fields within a single test lasting one hundred and fifty minutes (150 min) for Gymnasium and one hundred and eighty minutes (180 min) for Lyceum.
Notes
Candidate students, on the date of the skills test, must present an identity card or passport as well as the proof of submission of their application bearing the application code, for their full identification. Candidates arrive at the relevant school unit one hour before the start of the skills test.
Yes
No
16
Draw among tied students
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Upon completion of the skills test, in cases of tied students, whether admitted or reserve students, their final ranking order is determined by draw under the responsibility of the EPES or the School Director, as applicable, and in the presence of the interested parents and/or guardians.
Yes
No
17
Validation and announcement of results
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The EPES or the School Director, as applicable, validates the result and announces, by a relevant notice on its website and the school notice board: (a) a ranking list of admitted students according to their score, with reference to their application code, and (b) a ranking list of reserve students according to their score, with reference to their application code.
Notes
The validity of the ranking list of reserve students ceases on 20 January of the relevant school year.
No
No
18
Transfer of the student to the Standard Gymnasium/Lyceum
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The parents or guardian(s) or another person having custody of a student admitted to a Standard School carry out, if they so wish, all actions required for the student’s transfer from the school in which they are already enrolled to the Standard School to which they have been admitted, within five (5) working days from the day following the announcement of the results of the supplementary draw.
No
Yes
Hellenic Institute of Educational Policy – Application and Instructions
Steering Committee of Standard and Experimental Schools
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