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.