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"Actions to support education staff, teachers and schools for the integration of refugee children"
ATHENS, 20 February 2025, -, The new digital educational platform Teach4Inclusion was presented last Tuesday by the General Secretariat for Primary, Secondary and Special Education and the UNICEF Greece Country Office. The launch took place in the framework of the event titled: ", Actions to support education staf...
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When school gives confidence and optimism for the future
Patricia* is 12 years old from the Congo and has been living in Greece for 3 years. She regularly attends the activities provided at the Homework and Creative Activities Centre run by DRC Greece in an open Refugee Accommodation Facility in Central Greece, and she likes to listen to music, dance and hang out with h...
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Gazing into the future through education
Jasika and Mina are two siblings, 15 and 13 years old, who came to Greece from Cairo, Egypt in September 2022, looking for a better future. They live in Kypseli, in the centre of Athens, with their parents and younger brother, and attend a local high school. At the Homework and Creative Activities Center of ARSIS...
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"All children in education"
ΑΤΗΕΝS 18 MAY 2024 , —, An assessment with an eye to the future was held at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, on Friday 17 May. The "numbers of hope" speak for themselves: The “All Children in Education” (ACE) programme has, benefited 25,366 refugee and migrant students since 2021 to date, , receiving langua...
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Negina, 13 years old, Afghanistan
Negina, a 13-year-old girl from Afghanistan, is living proof that life's challenges can make you stronger and more resilient and help you create a better future. Despite the difficulties she faced back in her country, she now lives in Greece, in the Polykastro facility, speaks a new language and is part of a new c...
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1st International Conference on Inclusive Education and Children’s Rights, co-organized by UNICEF, the Ministry of Education and the Institute for Education Policy
ATHENS, 15 April 2024 -, With 98 speakers from 12 countries and over 200 in person participants , the two-day International Conference on Inclusive Education and Children’s Rights, organized by UNICEF’s Country Office in Greece, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports and the...
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Programme Brief: “All Children in Education”, September 2021- February 2024
The programme brief presents the outcomes, challenges as well as good practices of the All Children in Education programme. In particular, from September 2021 to February 2024, UNICEF and its partners have assisted a total of 24,057 refugee and migrant children (14,518 boys and 9,539 girls) aged between 4 and 17 y...
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UNICEF and Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum in a joint visit in the framework of the ''All Children in Education'' programme
On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Education on January 24th, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Elena Paparizou and Giorgos Perris visited together with the Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum, Sofia Voultepsi, the Solidarity Center of the Municipality of Athens, where SolidarityNow imple...
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Call for Abstracts
UNICEF Greece invites submissions for abstracts to be presented at the International Conference on “Inclusive Education and Children's Rights” co-organized with the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, and the Institute for Education Policy. Bringing together scholars, educators, policymakers, and ...
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From Egypt to Athens and from there, higher up!
Born and raised in Egypt, Yonathan came to Greece a year ago with his sister and mother. They came to live with his father, who had already emigrated to Greece some years ago to find work and secure a better future for him and his family. Yonathan, together with his parents and sister, live in the area of Agios Pa...
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“My way to school”
ATHENS, 19 December 2023, - On the occasion of International Migrants’ Day, an event entitled "My way to school" was held yesterday, Monday, 18 December, at the Central Office of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports. The event was organized by the Independent Department for the Coordination and...
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"Here they help me in all my schoolwork. I love all my teachers!"
Minhaz arrived from Bangladesh in Greece in September 2017, together with his mother, in order to reunite with his father who was already living here. His parents' first concern was to integrate Minhaz into school. They immediately arranged for his enrollment in the 5th grade. A little boy, who did not know a sing...