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Announcement of Commencement of Professional Teaching in Tuition Centres, Foreign Language Centres and Home Tutoring

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

Description

This procedure concerns the announcement of commencement of professional activity in private tuition centres, language schools and home tutoring.

At a glance

Points of ServiceDirectorates of Secondary Education, Directorate of Secondary Education of the relevant Region
Number of Documents0
CostProvided without cost
Deadline of Implementation3 months
Process Diagram

Conditions

The applicant must have the corresponding qualification

Absence of conflict of interest.

Available criminal record for judicial use

Applicant’s health and integrity

Applicant’s permanent establishment in an EU Member State

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification document
  • Application – solemn declaration on: commencement of professional activity in home tutoring, private tuition centres and language schools
    Filed by
    Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
    Applicant status
    Persons
Announcement of Commencement of Professional Teaching in Tuition Centres, Foreign Language Centres and Home Tutoring
What you will need
1Opinions of pathologists and psychiatristsAdvisory
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
2A copy of a university degree from Greece or abroad recognised as equivalent by the Interdisciplinary Organisation for the Recognition of Academic Qualifications and Information (DOATAP) or a decision of the Council for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (SAEP) or the Council for the Recognition of Professional Equivalence of Higher Education Qualifications (SEAITTE) and certified as authentic by a public authority. In order to teach foreign languages, where the applicant’s qualifications do not match those of public-school educators, a certificate of competence in foreign language teaching is required.Proof of Study
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
33. A solemn declaration under Law 1599/1986, with authenticated signature, in which the interested party declares that: he or she is not a civil servant or an employee of a public entity or local authority, or, if he or she is one of the above, he or she must submit a licence to teach at a tutoring centre or language school or for home tutoring issued by the competent body in accordance with Article 31(1)(2) of Law 3528/2007 and Article 38(2) of Law 3584/2007; he or she has not been convicted or indicted with a final bill of indictment under Articles 8 and 9 of the Civil Service Code (Law 3528/2007, Series I, No 26)) as amended and in force; he or she has not been dismissed from a position as a civil servant or private educator or teacher at a tutoring centre or language school for disciplinary reasons or for incompetence in the performance of his or her duties.Solemn Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
44. Extract from the applicant’s criminal record for judicial use (ex officio search). In the absence thereof, for residents of other EU Member States, an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in their country of origin or provenance is required to show that the requirements are met. If the country of origin or provenance does not issue such a document, this may be replaced by a sworn statement or, in the case of countries where there is no sworn statement, by a solemn declaration made by the person concerned before the competent judicial or administrative authority or, where appropriate, before a notary of their country of origin or provenance, who shall issue a certificate attesting the provision of a sworn statement or official declaration.Criminal Record Copy for General Use
Filed by
Ex officio (manual)
5Photocopy of the applicant’s identity card or valid passportIdentification document
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
6Solemn declaration of Law 1599/1986, with authenticated signature, on the conformity of copies, compliance of the file and acceptance of disclosure of data.Solemn Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons

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Legislation

  • Description
    Paragraph I12: Requirements Amendments: - Law 4763/2020, (GG 254/Α), article 167 paragraph α΄ (change of competent authority for the submission and assessment of the application and of the required documentation: Regional Directorate for Secondary Education) - Law 4547/2018, (GG 102 /Α), article 104, amending paragraph Θ.12, Law 4093/2012, addition of case 5, (renewal of licensing), - Law 4111/2013, (GG 18/Α), article 30, par. 26α, amending Law 4093/2012, (abolishment of the fee)
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  • Description
    Processing via KEP-ΕΚΕ (Citizen Service Centers - Points of Single Contact)
    Legal references
  • Description
    Documents required. Amendments: - MD 128617/Ν1/2020, (GG 4331/Α), single article, amending 10139/2012, case δ, (documentation – prerequisites) - MD 125124/ Ν1/2018,(GG 3546/Β), single article, amending 10139/2012, case α, (documentation)
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  • Description
    Adequacy of qualifications, foreign language teaching Amendments: - MD 85011/Ν1/29-5-2019 (GG B` 2008/31.05.2019), amending MD 6117/2017 (articles 1 & 2, required skillset) - MD 77728/2017, GG 1773/Β, amending MD 6117/2017 and abolishment of article 7, (recognition of degree from an EU-member)
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  • Description
    Determination of the supporting documents that must be submitted with the notice of commencement and updating of the activity of teaching in private tuition centres and language schools and home tutoring, as well as the renewal of the activity of teaching at private tuition centres and language schools and for home tutoring
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Process code
881208
NACE code
85.59
Description of NACE code
Other education n.e.c.
Legal means of protection or appeal
Other Administrative recourse/appeal

Other Information

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ID: 881208

Name: Announcement of Commencement of Professional Teaching in Tuition Centres, Foreign Language Centres and Home Tutoring