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The 1st EPAL of TRIKALA (1st Vocational School of Trikala) is roofed in the fringes of our town. 70% of its students live in villages which are either near Trikala or far away.

Most of students are low-recorded ones and their families are poor: they mainly earn their living on agriculture or animal farming.

Also, about 10% of the students come from other Balkan countries and former USSR: they are known as “financial immigrants” and it is usually difficult for them to adjust themselves to the school situation or to cooperate with their schoolmates.

Our school really wishes to participate in international projects like “Comenius” since these projects can catalytically contribute to the success of the teaching procedure.

Also, we really want our teachers and students to communicate with teachers and students from other European countries so that they will all be able to acquaint themselves with different cultures and life styles. This communication will really contribute to the struggle against xenophobia, racism and social exclusion. Furthermore, it will help them to accept the existence of the European Union as a means of bringing humans and cultures together and not only for the sake of financial profit.

Once students get to know each other, they will willingly collaborate so that they will definitely enrich their knowledge and skills as desired. Furthermore, we strongly believe that new ways will be found in order to solve usual problems, new subjects will be added and new parameters will be taken into account since each country is characterized by its particular features.

We aim at solving problems by dealing with several topics, so that students can acquire a “total” way of considering the problems of our age that are particularly complicated. We believe that these programs/projects can give students the “picture” of the modern European Citizen who is able to communicate with citizens from other countries, who is able to cooperate with them, to look for solutions and to find them in the end. Thus, his/her future in the European Union is suggested to him/her; also several professional perspectives in other countries are shown to him.

This way, we contribute to “mobility”, one of the basic European aims.

 

Facilities

  •  an auditorium fully equipped with all modern audiovisual means

  • a volleyball court

  •  an indoor basketball court

  • a football field

 

Participations

Up to now, our students have participated in:

  • athletic games

  • cultural projects and art(istic) games

  •  environmental projects and events dedicated to the environment

  • European projects (Leonardo, Comenius)

  •  projects of educational visits

  •  health treatment projects

  • projects concerning the subject of equality between the two sexes

and have won a lot of prizes and distinctions.

 1st Vocational School of Trikala - Greece 

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