

Enrollment to the next tier of compulsory education, the Gymnasium, is automatic. It comprises six academic years of schooling named τάξεις (grades), numbered 1 through to 6. The school day starts at 08:15 and finishes at 13:15. The school year starts on September 11 and ends on June 15. Automatic progression exists from the one year to the next year. Grading begins in Year 3, and written exams are introduced in Year 5. In Year 1 and Year 2, students are not officially graded. There is also the public Special Primary and public Experimental Primary ( Πειραματικό Δημοτικό). Primary school (Δημοτικό σχολείο, Dimotiko scholeio) is compulsory for 6 years. There are also the public Special Preschools and public Experimental Preschools ( Πειραματικά Νηπιαγωγεία) Primary education ^ If September 11 is a Saturday or Sunday, then the start date would be the following Monday.2nd Year / Kindergarten ( Νηπιαγωγείο), age 5 to 6 (with some 4 year olds, about to turn 5, attending).1st Year / Pre-Kindergarten ( Προνηπιαγωγείο), age 4 to 5 years old (with some 3 year olds, about to turn 4, attending).After this period expires, students are neither allowed to register nor enroll.
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Applications for registration and enrolment are usually carried out annually during fifteen consecutive days in May. Since the school year 2018–2019, children who would be four years of age by December 31 are required to begin attending preschool on September 11 of the same year. Preschool is compulsory and lasts 2 years, split into 1 year of Pre-kindergarten ( Προνηπιαγωγείο) and 1 year of Kindergarten ( Νηπιαγωγείο Nipiagogeio). Most preschools, also known as pre-primary, are attached to and share buildings with a primary school.

The national supervisory role of the Ministry is exercised through Regional Unit Public Education Offices, which are named Regional Directorates of Primary and Secondary School Education. The Ministry exercises control over public schools, formulates and implements legislation, administers the budget, coordinates national level university entrance examinations, sets up the national curriculum, appoints public school teaching staff, and coordinates other services. Ministry of Education and Religious AffairsĮducation in Greece is centralized and governed by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων, Υ.ΠΑΙ.Θ.) at all grade levels.

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