{"id":6253,"date":"2025-04-08T09:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/uk-funds-are-investing-in-private-greek-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:12:34","slug":"uk-funds-are-investing-in-private-greek-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/uk-funds-are-investing-in-private-greek-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"UK funds are investing in private Greek schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1266316\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroom_web-thumb-large-320x200.jpg?v=1611932858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroom_web-thumb-large.jpg?v=1611932858\" alt=\"UK funds are investing in private Greek schools\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroom_web-thumb-large.jpg?v=1611932858\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>UK-based funds have recently acquired six well-known private private and secondary schools in Greece and are revamping their curricula, introducing novel learning methods based on interactive technologies. Private educators estimate the total investment at \u20ac15-30 million.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the three main funds \u2013 Inspired, Cognita Europe &amp; US and International School Partnerships \u2013 manage over 100 schools worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in Greek private schools had been expressed since before the financial crisis; with the recovery, private education has been expanding, as well: Between 2019 and 2022, the number of students rose 20.5% to more than 100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone welcomes the investments, though. The head of the private school teachers\u2019 union told Kathimerini of the \u201cimmense danger of commercialization\u201d and added that the \u201cinvasion\u201d would extend to higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1266316\/uk-funds-are-investing-in-private-greek-schools\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK-based funds have recently acquired six well-known private private and secondary schools in Greece and are revamping their curricula, introducing novel learning methods based on interactive technologies. Private educators estimate the total investment at \u20ac15-30 million. 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