Greek schools confront worsening classroom discipline crisis

Teachers across Greece report that managing classrooms has become increasingly difficult. Incidents of verbal challenges, student conflicts, reduced concentration, inability to enforce basic coexistence rules, and heightened psychological pressure on educators are now common.

The debate links the problem to a “lost discipline” since the Metapolitefsi era, suggesting that greater school democratization weakened teacher authority. A recent article by Τάκης Θεοδωρόπουλος in Καθημερινή titled “Η διάλυση της σχολικής τάξης” reflects this concern. Critics argue that returning to fear‑based, authoritarian discipline would not solve the issue, noting that modern pedagogy stresses trust and a learning‑community approach rather than strict control.