01-07-16 Bolstering Greece-Australia educational cooperation

Depputy Minister Theodosis Pelegrini today met with Karditsa MP Chrysoula Katsavria-Sidiropoulou and the president of the Greek community of Melbourne, Australia, Vasilis Papastergiadis. The following issues were on the agenda:

1. Programmes to host students from Australia at summer camps, including room and board and educational field trips.
2. Greece-Australia exchange programmes for high school students between the first year of gymnasium and the first year of lyceum, entailing the hosting of families and study at the school attended by the children of the host family.
3. Teacher training programmes for educators from Australia in Greek language instruction and culture , including hosting and training of teachers in Greece.
4. Bolstering the programme sending teachers from Greece to Australia and qualitative evaluation of candidates.