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According to the Constitution of Greece, education is a basic mission of the State, aiming at the moral, intellectual, professional and physical education of Greeks, the development of national and religious awareness and the formation of free and responsible citizens. Moreover, the education procedure –as derives from the way contemporary curricula are drafted– pursues the development of the pupil's personality from all aspects and his/her successful social adoption through the development of cognitive, emotional, mental and psychomotor abilities and skills. The Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs (MoE / ΥΠΕΠΘ) is responsible for the administration of all the schools in the country: an administration carried out through the Central and Regional Services and through councils of a consultative and scientific nature that have been created and function in the Ministry's Central and Regional Services. In Higher Education, the Universities and the Technological Education Institutes are self-administered legal entities under public law and the Minister exercises supervision and monitors the legality of their actions and decisions through the Ministry's central services.

Council of Educational Radio Television in the MoE (ETV) : The State Educational Radio-Television is an excellent means of diffusing knowledge through long distance and lifelong learning programmes, featuring general education and information programmes. The Council of Educational Radio-Television in the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs seeks to support this educational process by collaborating with cultural or educational organisations for the purpose of co-producing and broadcasting educational radio and television programmes, as well as information programmes (according to Law 1143/ 1981). The Council also participates in international film contests and festivals in Greece and abroad. Every year the Council of Educational Radio-Television transmits more than 600 cultural and educational programmes. These programmes, transmitted through the state T.V. channels as well as some local and regional ones reach out to the entire country and a large segment of the Greek homogeny through the state TV’s satellite transmissions. Moreover, every year about 10.000 – 11.000 video-cassettes and 1.000 DVDs are distributed to various educational agencies all over Greece. Finally, some of the topics addressed in the audio-visual material produced are: health education, professional orientation, literature, environment, technical and professional education, sports, science, technology, music, social and political education, philosophy, special education, history, archaeology, art, culture, physical education.

The Educational Portal Office (http://www.e-yliko.gr) of the MoE hosts teaching scenarios, supporting material, articles and useful links for teachers in order to be used for educational purposes. The Educational Portal with more than a million unique hits constitutes a place of meeting and mutual support for the educational community. The existent educational material is constantly enriched and renewed and aims at becoming an incentive for teaching scenarios. The Office cares for the introduction and exploitation of ICT in education as well as a number of EC-funded projects and evaluation studies, concerning the utilization in school, of innovative technological and pedagogical approaches in the educational process.