Greek students enrolling at private branches of foreign universities founded in Greece will be required to go through the Greek university entrance examination system and to meet some minimum requirements in order to be offered a place, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus will be in New York from September 16 to September 19, to participate in the Transforming Education Summit convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

School children in the final year of high school returned to their classrooms on Monday after two full months since schools were shut down to prevent the spread of Covid-19 on March 11.