Apolyterio or phased out Apolytirion is the official senior secondary education school completion Certificate in Greece and Cyprus, obtained after successfully completing the third grade of lyceum. It is graded on a 20-point scale. Specific conditions and rules apply to the separate types of lyceum for the Pan-hellenic examinations which are in terms of the same or relevant Pan-hellenic examinations subjects of study as the General Lyleum type, such as the Vocational Lyceum having its own four subjects for the Pan-hellenic examinations. There types of lyceum in Greece are:
Μουσικό Λύκειο
Καλλιτεχνικό Λύκειο
Πειραματικό Λύκειο
Γενικό Λύκειο
Γενικό Λύκειο Διαπολιτισμικής Εκπαίδευσης
Εσπερινό Γενικό Λύκειο
Eπαγγελματικό Λύκειο
Εσπερινό Επαγγελματικό Λύκειο
Ενιαίο Ειδικό Επαγγελματικό Γυμνάσιο-Λύκειο
Γενικό Εκκλησιαστικό Λύκειο
Greece
Changes over the years
The system and examinations accepted for entrance into highest and higher education in Greece went through major changes since 1980. The below timeline of lyceum subjects and Pan-hellenic exams subjects are from the General Lyceum only and it is not an exhaustive list of the all types of lyceum nor their subjects nor their subjects of Pan-hellenic exams, while should not be relied upon as a one.
1984–1998
The most common/known Lyceum is the General Lyceum. In the first 2 grades, all students are taught the same subjects. In 3rd grade, students followed a core programme of general education and each Desmi followed a specialized program, Desmes ). An Apolytirio of Geniko Lykeio included the GPA, student's conduct information and consisted of: From 1984 until 1998 only the total score of the Panhellenic Examinations was accepted for the Higher Education Institutions. The total Score was calculated from the individual scores, with one of the subjects having a higher weight percentage. e.g. for A Desmi: Mathematics, B Desmi: Biology, etc. The 4 Desmes were: Students had to preselect their choices in a numerical order of preference—using the bases of last year's Panhellenic Examinations' only as a guide—and submit them to their school on a given deadline, using a 4-pages machine-readable document. The results of the National Examinations determined not only who will pass into highest/higher education but also next year's bases. The total individual score for every subject was 0–160 which was the sum of the 2 examiners' scores based on the scale 0–80 each. A remarking by a 3rd examiner would determine the final score if there was a large difference between the first two scores. Maximum total score = + + + ) x 10 = 6400 units
Units:, same numeric format with the bases.
First, the scores for every student and later the bases for each course were published in every school across the country, directly from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Bases were also being broadcast on Greek TV during the day. It was allowed to keep the individual subjects' scores and resit on exams to increase the total score, but only for 2 more examinations.
1999–2004
There are three grades in Eniaio Lykeio and each grade is divided in classes. The 1st grade of Eniaio Lykeio operates as an orientation year with a general knowledge programme. The 2nd grade includes three directions: Humanities, Science and Technology. In the 3rd grade we have again the three directions but the Technology direction operates in two courses: i) the Technology and the Production course and ii) the Information Science and Services course. In Eniaio Lykeio, there is the Support Teaching Programme. This programme can be attended by those pupils who wish to do so, regardless of their performance. Right of entrance have only the holders of the Apolytirio lyceum certificate. The written examinations in the subjects, either at school's level or at national level, count equivalently towards the Apolytirio's GPA. On the contrary, for entrance in highest education only the subjects examined nationally in written form are being considered. The Apolytirio is detached completely from highest education's entrance.
2005–2013
Panhellenic National Level Examinations involve 6–7 subjects of the General Lyceum. Besides the Lyceum Diploma the achievement score on a certificate awarded takes into account final year school grade and the grades on 6 subjects of the National Examinations.
Although the total score from the Panhellenic Examinations determined the entrance in higher education in Greece, the final mark GPA of the Apolytirio is the entry qualification most often requested in order to be accepted in higher education abroad. The results of the Panhellenic Examinations are usually not requested or are referred by different names such as General Entrance Examinations.
