Adult Education in Greece

Abstract

The General Secretariat for Adult Education is the executive, public body responsible for adult education and
training. Its mission is to design, coordinate and support measures which relate to supplementation of basic education and lifelong
learning and training both for the adult workforce of Greece and for persons threatened with social exclusion. Its main fields
of action relate to basic education supplementation programmes and illiteracy programmes, continuing training courses,
measures to combat exclusion from the labour market and Community Initiatives financed by the European Union (European
Social Fund), social - cultural education courses, continuing training and repeat education measures for the adult workforce. The
General Secretariat for Adult Education has developed a website about life-long learning prospects in Greece. Interested parties
can participate in on-line debate using the site. Moreover, the General Secretariat for Adult Education is the information centre
for the ELECTRA portal for adult education and life-long learning in Europe. Information provided by the centre relates to six
European countries -France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland/Great Britain and Sweden- while its range is expected to be
extended soon to cover other E.U. countries.