Virtual mobility in Greece
Dimotikó sxoleio Néas Karyás
Nea Karya Primary School is located in the Municipality of Chrysoupoli, in the vicinity of Keramoti port and within the Kavala Prefecture in Eastern Macedonia. The area is between the cities of Kavala and Xanthi and across the island of Thasos. Local people’s families faced the issue of refugee and migration during their history. Their forefathers are refugees from Eastern Thrace (European part of Turkey). They had to migrate several times from 1912 to 1922 from their hometown and back to it until they leaved determinately from there and construct a new village in the Municipality of Chrisoupoli near River Nestos. Nea Karya Primary School first established in Nestos area in 1915, when the first immigrants arrived, but its history starts from 1826 in the village “Karya”, which is located Eastern Thrace (European part of Turkey). In 1947 Nestos River burst its banks and the village was destroyed. Then local people had to migrate again to another more safety location for constructing their village and a new school building as well.
Nea Karya Primary School is located in downgraded rural area and consists of approximately 90 pupils which are from a range of social backgrounds. Ηalf of the pupils are children of Romani and migrant worker families with pretty low socio-economic and education level. The majority of these pupils have familial and learning problems. Their additional learning needs range from moderate learning difficulties to Global Learning Delay. Although they have so many learning disabilities they attend the mainstream curriculum as there aren't any appropriate support institutions in place. Because of this our school has been added to the Priority Education Zone of our country (Educational Priority Areas) from 2013, an educational programme funded by NSRF programme of development.
Nea Karya Primary School has been awarded twice as an eTwinning School and once as Eco-school.
