1st Pan-Hellenic Convention of Private Schools

Feb 14, 2014 - Feb 15, 2014

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The Founders Association of Greek Private Schools in cooperation with the Hellenic American Union is organizing the 1st Pan-Hellenic Convention of Private Schools on the general subject area: "Private Education and Development"...

The 1st Pan-Hellenic Convention of Private Schools, to be held February 14 & 15, 2014, at the Hellenic American Union, shall focus on the following issues:

Drawing attention to the autonomous school unit as the basis for modernizing the educational system as a whole and fostering social and economic development in today’s Greece;
Decentralizing the schooling system and liberating public and private schools from the stifling grip of state centralization and the red-tape stranglehold of bureaucracy;
Eradicating distortions in the private schools operational framework;
Curriculum and evaluation in the autonomous school unit;
Presentation of a study by IOBE (Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research) venturing a comparative analysis of cost per student between public and private schools, aiming to draw inferences as to the effectiveness of public resources allocated in the operation of today’s public schools;
The educational voucher: a tool proposed in order to ensure the effective management of resources allocated to primary and secondary education as well as to safeguard the parent’s right to choose a school for his or her child in accordance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

View the Convention’s full schedule (in Greek) (166 KB)

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Organizer	Founders Association of Greek Private Schools, Hellenic American Union
Venue	Hellenic American Union Theater
Start Date	14/02/2014
End Date	15/02/2014
Opening	Friday: 17:00-21:00, Saturday: 9:00-14:30
Type	Symposium
Languages:	EL
Interpretation Provided:	Yes
Registration Required:	Yes
Reservation Required:	No
Admission Fee	Admission is free