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2018 - Volume 2 - Number 1

Education and Financial Crisis: The Case of Greece

Maria Vergeti * mvergeti@eled.duth.gr * ORCID: 0000-0003-4980-0917 * ResearcherID: E-3394-2018
Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Primary Education, Alexandroupolis

Charitomeni Giοuroglοu (PhD student) * cgkiouro@eled.duth.gr * ORCID: 0000-0003-1080-6350 * ResearcherID: E-2494-2018
Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Primary Education, Alexandroupolis

Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2018, 2(1), 1-12 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojss.0201.01001v
Online Published Date: 17 July 2018

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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KEY WORDS: Greece, crisis, education, social change.

ABSTRACT:
The financial crisis and the subsequent social change in Greece had a direct impact on the institution of education. This paper presents the effects of austerity on school operation and the measures Greek schools take to overcome problems caused by education cutbacks. The study took place in schools of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, a region in northern Greece that has been severely hit by the financial crisis. The population of the research was teachers of primary and secondary education and the sample came from 119 schools. 752 teachers answered to a closed questionnaire with some open items stating their views on school operation in times of austerity and mentioning the strategies that schools develop in order to cope with recession. The main finding suggests that school operation and the quality of education in Greece have deteriorated since 2009. However, the study reveals that schools have developed social support systems and new skills to respond to the crisis.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Maria Vergeti, Democritus University of Thrace, Nea Chili, 68131, Alexandroupolis, GREECE. E-mail: mvergeti@eled.duth.gr.

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