PASOK’s education policy about the transferring of Greek students PASOK’s education policy about the transferring of Greek students PASOK’s education policy about the transferring of Greek students attending Foreign Universities (1982-1991): A Study Case – Florina’s Pedagogical Academy 71-85 Charalambos Lemonidis Anastasia Kaimakami Prospective elementary teachers Iliadou-Tachou Sofia Associate Professor, University of Western Macedonia siliadou@uowm.gr Kalerante Evaggelia Lecturer, University of Western Macedonia ekalerante@uowm.gr Tsigeni Paraskevi Postgraduate Student, University of Western Macedonia tsigenievi@yahoo.gr ABSTRACTAbstract We review the legal stipulations over exam admissions of Greek Students attending foreign (especially Balkan) Pedagogical Academies to Greek ones, which reflect the Greek government‟s political predilection to attract back Greek students, lending special interest in the related legislation, as well as the political intent underlying the particular legislation. The admission legislative rule is reviewed against the political environment that favors the authorization of Greek student transfers from abroad. Florina‟s Pedagogical Academy, among others, has operated as a host institution and is our study case, which delves into the legislation enforcement and regulations of the admission system, highlighting testing and grading procedures, as well as broader deliberations within the academic community having to do with repatriated student placement. Florina‟s Pedagogical Academy files provide information on entrance candidacies from foreign universities, especially Balkan ones. The current study starts from the observation that a respectable number of elementary school teachers, who are officially appointed to the schools of Florina‟s area, studied at the Balkan Pedagogical Academies. The policy of transferring Greek students from the neighbouring countries‟ Academies had adopted by PASOK in 1983. Specifically, having won the el ections of 1982, the Greek Socialist Party (PASOK) raised people‟s expectations of a fundamental change. 1 Till then Greece was governed by conservative parties, so PASOK was the first party that used the title of the Socialist Government. It proclaimed a series of ideals concerning different concepts of the social classes, the dynamics of the political system, the principle of equality and the democratic functioning. Andreas Papandreou‟s ideas about the reformation of political structures and the democratic 1