Number of Muslim students entering Greek Universities for the academic year 2012-13
per region and gender
Evros
Rodopi
Xanthi
Total
. Universities
Male
Female
4
4
40
55
68
49
112
108
Technological Institutes
Male
Female
4
2
54
51
78
77
136
130
Total
14
200
272
486
Total of male: 248 (percentage 51%)
Total of female: 238 (percentage 49%)
Lifelong learning
"Second-chance schools" operate in the area in order to combat illiteracy:
In Komotini with branches in Organi, in the Municipality of Neo Sidirochorio and in the Municipality of Iasmos
In Sappes
In Xanthi with branches in Sminthi and in Myki in the Municipality of Myki
In Alexandroupoli
• More 6.000 Muslim adults over 16 years of age participated in adult education programmes of lifelong learning over
the last decade.
Counselling programmes and health education for families of Greek Muslims.
Conclusion
Greece is systematically improving the content of education in Thrace with respect towards different
religions and cultures, renewing building infrastructure and equipment, modernizing the institutional
framework. Greek policy aims at enabling every student of the Muslim minority to be educated, develop
his personality freely and enjoy equal opportunities for integration into the labour market as a modern
Greek, Muslim, European citizen.. The first results of our educational policy show that the disadvantages
of the past have become in Thrace comparative advantages for the conquest of tomorrow.