MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS 41, Ethnikis Antistaseos Avenue 142 34 Nea Ionia www.eoppep.gr Greece EQF Referencing Report November 2016 Please cite this publication as: EOPPEP (2016). Greece EQF Referencing Report This publication is available on the internet and can be accessed through the Europa server (https:// ec.europa.eu/ploteus/sites/eac-eqf/files/Greece _EQF_Referencing_Report.pdf). Copyright © National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (E.O.P.P.E.P.), 2016 All rights reserved. Referencing of the HQF to the EQF Contents Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Description of the Greek education system ..............................................................................................................15 2 The development Process of the Hellenic Qualifications Framework ................................................................... 35 3 Compliance with the EQF Referencing Criteria ........................................................................................................ 50 3.1 Criterion 1 ................................................................................................................................................................. 50 3.2 Criterion 2 ................................................................................................................................................................. 53 3.3 Criterion 3 ................................................................................................................................................................. 56 3.4 Criterion 4 ................................................................................................................................................................. 59 3.5 Criterion 5 ................................................................................................................................................................. 59 3.6 Criterion 6 ................................................................................................................................................................. 63 3.7 Criterion 7 ................................................................................................................................................................. 64 3.8 Criterion 8 ................................................................................................................................................................. 65 3.9 Criterion 9 ................................................................................................................................................................. 65 3.10 Criterion 10 ............................................................................................................................................................. 66 4. Planning for further development and implementation of the Hellenic Qualifications ....................................... 67 5. Validation by international experts .......................................................................................................................... 68 References ..................................................................................................................................................................... 70 ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Annex 1. Cross-referencing of the descriptor statements for levels in the HQF and in the EQF .............................74 Annex 2. Definitions ....................................................................................................................................................... 77 Annex 3. Working Groups established to analyze Qualifications Types in the HQF and develop Type Specifications ................................................................................................................................... 78 Annex 4. Type Specifications of the HQF...................................................................................................................... 80 Annex 5. Table of ‘former’ qualifications, classified in relation to the HQF Levels .................................................. 94 Annex 6. Institute for Educational Policy (I.E.P.) .......................................................................................................... 95 Annex 7. Institutional framework and evaluation procedures for learners in Primary and Secondary Education ............................................................................................................................................. 96 Annex 8. Framework for Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning ...........................................................................101 Annex 9. Monitoring and evaluation of educational work in Primary and Secondary Education ......................... 109 Annex 10. Monitoring and evaluation of teachers in Primary and Secondary Education .......................................113 Annex 11. Sectors and Specialties in Vocational Upper Secondary Schools (EPAL) ...............................................115 Annex 12. Non-Formal Post-Lower Secondary School Education - Specialties of Schools of Vocational Training (SEK) .........................................................................................................................................117 Annex 13. Non-Formal Post-Upper Secondary Education-Specialties of Institutes of Vocational Training (IEK) ..........................................................................................................................................119 3 Annex 14. The Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Authority (HQA) – ADIP ......................................... 122 Annex 15. The process of external evaluation by A.DI.P ........................................................................................... 124 Annex 16. The field of initial vocational training and analysis of the quality assurance processes for the qualifications awarded ................................................................................................................................................ 130 4 Referencing of the HQF to the EQF Summary The aim of the Hellenic Qualifications Framework (HQF) is to create a coherent and comprehensive system of clas- sification of all qualifications obtained from formal, non-formal education and informal learning in Greece. This will be done gradually. In this first phase, the objective is the classification of qualifications within the formal educational system of the country. At a later stage a classification system will be developed for qualifications acquired through non-formal education and informal learning. The HQF is a mechanism, which facilitates transparency and comparability in the Greek context. It will be a benefit for students, graduates and stakeholders of the Greek labour market. On the other hand, in accordance with the common European strategy “Europe 2020”, which aims at smart, sustainable and inclusive growth the Hellenic Qualifications Framework and its referencing to the European Qualifications Framework provides a tool for “trans- lating” and comparing qualifications and aims at becoming an opportunity to help promote the mobility of learners and employees. The Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs supervises the implementation of the Hellenic Qualifica- tions Framework and coordinates the parties which are involved in this Framework, in accordance with the provi- sions of Law 3879/2010 “Development of Lifelong Learning and other provisions” and of Law 4115/2013 “Organi- sation and operation of Institution for Youth and Lifelong Learning and the National Organisation for Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance and other provisions”. The National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (E.O.P.P.E.P.) is responsible for developing the Hellenic Qualifications Framework and for referencing it to the European Qualifications Frame- work, under the supervision and coordination of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. The proj- ect is called “Development of the National Qualifications Framework” and falls under the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development”, co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund - ESF) and National Resources. The Intermediate Management Body is the Specific Managing Authority of the Operational Programme “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. The first concerted effort for the development of the Hellenic Qualifications Framework was made by means of establishing the National Committee for Lifelong Learning in June 2008, which was set up again in May 2009 under the initiative of the General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs1. The starting point for this decision was the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Es- tablishment of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), which entered into force on 23 April 2008. In March 2010, the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs conducted the first