The academic year ends for younger students, while vocational school graduates complete national exams and university hopefuls begin special entrance assessments.

Thousands of candidates are competing for nearly 69,000 university places as authorities issue guidelines on exam rules, stress management and prohibited items

For third-year students (G’ Lyceum), graduation exams — also known as in-school final examinations — will begin on Monday, May 18, and will conclude on Monday, May 25, 2026.

Experts Giorgos Nikolaidis and Christos Liapis speak out on teen distress, the pressure of Greece's national exams, and a society that is failing its youth

Education Minister Sophia Zacharaki launched a national dialogue on a new high school model and diploma that would reduce exam pressure and better reflect students’ overall performance.

Minister of Education Sophia Zacharaki calls for a major reform of Greece’s education system, suggesting the possible abolition of nationwide university entrance exams while emphasizing student and staff safety at universities

This year’s university-entrance exams forced pupils to praise the very skill their schools crush, cracking open a deeper debate about whom education should serve—and why

Minister of Education Sofia Zacharaki expressed satisfaction with the start of the exams, noting: “We started well.”

Greece's high school seniors are preparing for the country's most unforgiving test which determines their university future- Panhellenic Exams.