Today, Sunday, May 4, at 10:00 the skills tests for the introduction of pupils and pupils will be conducted in the Public Onassis Schools.

Candidates for the introduction of the First Class of Onassis Gymnasium will be evaluated in skills they have acquired during their attendance at elementary school, related to understanding Greek language texts and mathematics, in the context of a single test of 150 minutes. Understanding Greek language texts controls the abilities of students in understanding of written texts and content (literary texts, simple newspaper or magazine articles, multimodal texts, etc.) as well as the use of basic grammar and editorial phenomena. Mathematics control the abilities of students in understanding and solving problems of daily life but also problems with simple arithmetic actions.

Candidates for the introduction of the First Class of High School are evaluated in the knowledge and skills they have acquired during their Gymnasium attendance on understanding of Greek language texts and mathematics in the context of a single test of 180 minutes.

More specifically, the cognitive field of understanding Greek texts examines the abilities in understanding written texts of various genres and content (literary texts, articles from newspapers and magazines, letters, simple essays, multimodal texts, etc.). The math cognitive field examines the abilities of students in understanding and solving daily life as well as numerical, algebraic, geometric, statistical knowledge and skills.

Regarding the test for admission to the Public Onassis Schools, the total of the questions is 50: Twenty -five (25) for mathematics and twenty -five (25) for understanding the text of the Greek language. All questions are multiple choice.

Athena Kastrinakis