LAERTIS

Brief outline of the Project

The Laertis Project is designed to answer the question of whether the introduction of computer and network technologies into secondary level technical and vocational education can contribute to :

familiarization with contemporary technical/ vocational methods
bringing school vocational training in line with modern-day requirements
familiarization with the concept of learning as "a way of life"
attenuating inequalities between general and technical/vocational education

The Project will be implemented and evaluated in 15 Technical and Vocational Schools in Athens, Thessaloniki, Trikala and Serres. Those 15 Technical and Vocational Schools (TVS) are:

Thessaloniki	Athens
1) 1^stTVS of Thessaloniki	1) 1^st TVS of Egaleo
2) 9^th TVS of Thessaloniki	2) 4^th TVS of Athens
3) 1^stTVS of Kalamaria	3) 1^st TVS of Tavros
4) 1^st TVS of Epanomi	4) 1^st TVS of Nea Philadelphia
5) 11^th TVS of Thessaloniki
6) 1^st TVS of Stavroupoli
Serres	Trikala
1) 1^stTVS of Nigrita	1) 2^nd TVS of Trikala
2) 1^st TVS of Sidirokastro	2) 1^st TVS of Farkadona
3) 1^st TVS of Serres

Recent Project Developments

Project teacher selection is currently underway.
Infrastructure has been installed in all the Technical and Vocational Schools involved in the Project
Selection of in-school computer technicians is currently underway.
As of July 2000 contacts are being made with all schools involved in the Laertis Project. Through these contacts the Teacher’s Association, headmasters and school administrators are kept up to date about the Project and its progress.