Apolytirion

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The Apolytirion is a document that proves its holder to have had three years of education in a Greek or Cypriot lyceum. It is also known as a school-leaving certificate. Various required subjects are included with the student's own choices. The standard modules each student must undertake are usually Religious Studies, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek Literature, History, Physical Education, English, Italian/French/Russian/German/Turkish/Other Foreign Language, and Mathematics, in a way similar to the IB Diploma Programme.

Along with another five optional subjects from which the student has chosen, there are four lessons that are done four times a week and one that is done twice a week. Those subjects range from Physics to Art and from Economics to Latin. If extra mathematics is chosen then one grade is given; in other words, the student will not attend the standard level mathematics--only his or her chosen mathematics lessons of a higher level. For each of these modules a grade out of 20 is given based on the student's abilities during the lesson and/or tests carried out; this grade is given to the student every three months. At the end of the school year the student takes a series of exams in his or her selected subjects, for each of which a grade out of 20 is awarded. The average grade is then calculated and that is what determines the quality of the document and of the student's schoolwork.

[edit] Acceptance

The Apolytirion may be accepted by UK & other universities as an equivalent to one A-level, depending on the student's average grade. In reality the Apolytirion's syllabus can in fact be comparable to 4-5 A-levels, as subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology are taught in more depth than their equivalent A-levels.

The average student with an Apolytirion will most likely be heading for a Greek university that will accept the student with only his or her Apolytirion.