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PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (APOLYTIRIO DIMOTIKOU)

Description

A holder of a PRIMARY School Certificate has the necessary basic knowledge and cultivates the mental, emotional, and psychosocial competencies and skills that are necessary for performing a specific range of simple tasks. The PRIMARY School Certificate is necessary in order to enrol in the following level of compulsory education.

Relation To Employment

Holders of “PRIMARY School Certificate”- type titles may be employed for simple tasks, after the age of 16.

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification is possible for anyone having attended Pre-primary School or any class of the PRIMARY School.
Holders of qualifications of this type have access to the first circle of secondary education.

EducationalSector

Primary education

Purpose

Basic

Title

6 years

AwardingBodies

Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• Basic knowledge of vocabulary, functions, and structure of the Greek language for every communication instance.
• Understands and approaches basic scientific concepts and methods (mathematics, physics, and history) and applies them effectively in his/her everyday life.
• Acquires basic knowledge regarding the use of a computer and of a foreign language.
• Understands basic concepts about arts (visual arts, theatre, and music).

Skills

• Properly uses the Greek language for understanding, reading and also producing written and oral speech level.
• Uses simple materials and tools.
• Uses language as a code of communication and as a system of thought in numerous communication instances.
• Uses simple computer operations.

Competence

• Performs simple tasks based on specific instructions, by applying his/her basic knowledge.
• Performs tasks within a team.