The submission of applications for the public IEKs begins – Two new training specialties are established – See the admission notice

On Monday, August 22, 2022, the online submission of applications for admission to the public Vocational Training Institutes (VET) of Tourism, for the academic year 2022-2023, begins.

The applications concern the filling of 914 positions in the eight public IEK Tourism in Anavyssos Attica, Perea Thessaloniki, Heraklion Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Argos, Galaxidi and Alexandroupoli, in the following specialties: a) Manager of hospitality units, b) Culinary art technician – chef ( chef), c) baker-pastry technician, d) management and economics executive in the tourism sector.

At the same time, by the decision of the Deputy Minister of Tourism, responsible for Tourism Education, Sofia Zacharakis, two new experimental training specialties are being established – for the first time – at the IEK Thessaloniki: a) For hospitality business executives with expertise in room management and b) for travel and tourism business executives.

With these two new departments, the Ministry of Tourism aspires to put innovation at the core of tourism education, while for the educational, scientific and research support of the project, the Association of Tourist Offices of Macedonia-Thrace (ETGMTH), the Hotel Chamber of Greece (XEE) and the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB).

• Everyone who holds a General, Technical or Vocational High School diploma has the right to apply to the public IEK Tourism, regardless of age.
• Candidates who completed a parallel computerized form but were not admitted to an IEK department also retain the right to participate.

Submission of applications is done exclusively through the special link at website www.mintour.edu.gr until Sunday, September 11, 2022.

The distribution of positions and specializations per IEK, the admission terms and conditions, as well as the grading criteria for candidates are detailed in the attached admission notice.

“At the Ministry of Tourism we assign a leading role to tourism professional training, as we firmly believe that the quality upgrade of the Greek tourist experience goes through the high professionalism of the people of Greek tourism“, she said Mr. Zacharakis and added:

“With targeted actions, we put at the core of our initiatives the quality upgrade of the public IEK Tourism, based on the real needs of the labor market and giving our students the necessary resources they need for multiple opportunities and quality jobs in the tourism industry. And we don’t stop there. We are expanding the curriculum with two new experimental majors, with an emphasis on educational and professional innovation. We issue a new, modern operating regulation of our IEKs and speed up the procedures for the registration of new students, earlier than every other year. We have modernized, after eleven years, the internship for students of the schools of the Ministry of Tourism, while faithful to the commitment of the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for the first time – from this academic year – we grant a housing allowance to the students of all our IEK».

“At the same time, we are launching the establishment of the first public Tourism Academy, as part of the collective effort we are making for the overall reform of tourism education. Because tourism is a key pillar of support for the national economy. And upgrading our tourism education means further upgrading and strengthening the competitiveness of our tourism product itself».

See the admission announcement HERE

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