The foundation of Philekpaideutiki Etaireia, utopic as it may have seemed under the circumstances, was motivated by three enlightened “teachers”-: Ioannis Kokkonis, pedagogue with a brilliant educational, administrative and organizing experience, the teacher of the Greek Nation George Gennadios, a school teacher and a man of letters, scholar and writer and the priest Michail Apostolidis with theological, educational and writing experience- and their proposition was well-received.
As a result, Philekpaideutiki Etaireia in
The “action” of Philekpaideutiki Etaireia
Nowadays it’s probably difficult to understand the educational contribution of Philekpaideutiki Etaireia from the early years of its foundation and so far. Today the educational system , both in the public and the private sector, is superintended by the State, which was an impossible goal in the 19thcentury.
Philekpaideutiki Etaireia, as the Greek nation was expanding, took the responsibility to act, realizing the needs of its time. Its operation was not austerely restricted to the capital of the
Moreover, especially in a time of crisis, Philekpaideutiki Etaireia offered scholarships, published teaching books, forwarding them to all the schools of the subjugated State, reconstructed churches and gave shelter to the refugees.
Shortly after its foundation Philekpaideutiki Etaireia founded or supported more than forty (40) schools which later became state schools, with the total number of 5.000 girls.
It also established Urban schools, Business schools for women and Business School of Home economics in many areas around
In the 20th century ,due to the alterations in the public sector, the provided state education was assisted serving the Philekpaideutiki Etaireia’s objectives, that is, the women’s and the gradual upgrade education for all the Greek children.
Philekpaideutiki Etaireia, during the 20th century, due to the given conditions and the national needs, continually redefined its objectives, unfailingly providing the Greek society and family, the Greek letters and the arts, the theoretically and practically oriented sciences with graduates who not only had the leading part in all the above sectors but also creatively and actively contributed to their further development. The latest decade forms a new era of dynamic sprightfulness for Filekpaideftiki Etaireia and the Schools moved Filekpaideftiki Etaireia to the reinforcement and expansion of its four firm pylons, the Schools in Psychiko, Ekali, Patras and Thessaloniki, designing new buildings and establishing new schools in Tirana and Ioannina.
In parallel, the new Board of Directors and the President following the tradition and the principles of the Schools, reformed and renewed the services of both the
The establishment of the Book Arcade in the Arsakeio Megaron in the centre of