{"id":3747,"date":"2026-05-03T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:19:00","slug":"panhellenic-examinations-2026-which-candidates-are-entitled-to-the-350-euro-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3747","title":{"rendered":"Panhellenic Examinations 2026: Which candidates are entitled to the 350 euro bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The allowance of 350 euros per candidate for the 2026 <b>Panelladic Examinations<\/b> only applies to those who sit the examination at a different school from the one where they submitted their application.<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement by the <b>Ministry of Education<\/b>, the procedure for covering travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses for candidates who take the examination away from their place of residence is being activated for 2026. The compensation amounts to a lump sum of 350 euros for each eligible candidate of the Panhellenic Examinations.<\/p>\n<h3>Who are the beneficiaries of the compensation<\/h3>\n<p>Based on the current institutional framework and the relevant circular (No. Prot.\/52390\/A5), the beneficiaries are candidates <b>GEL<\/b> and <b>EPAL<\/b> who graduate in the same year and are examined in a different school unit from the one where they submitted their application.<\/p>\n<h4>The basic conditions are as follows:<\/h4>\n<p>&#8211; Travel from island to island or to mainland Greece: when the distance exceeds 120 km. (the restriction does not apply to travel outside the same island)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Travel within mainland Greece: a distance of more than 120 km is required between the school and the examination centre<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Candidates with disabilities or special educational needs: are entitled to the allowance when travelling to Grading or Special Examination Centres, with the same distances<\/p>\n<p>Note that the allowance is not paid to candidates who only travel for special courses or re-examinations.<\/p>\n<h3>What documents are required<\/h3>\n<p>After completing the examinations, the candidate or his\/her guardian must submit the following documents to the high school where the application was submitted:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Application to the Directorate of Secondary Education<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Certificate of graduation for the current school year<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Certificate of mileage from the District (except for travel to\/from islands)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Certificate of attendance from the examination or grading centre with reference to the courses and dates<\/p>\n<p>How the compensation is paid<\/p>\n<p>School units collect the necessary documents and send them to the relevant Directorates of Secondary Education. <b>The payment of the amount is made through a money order, from the budget of the Ministry of Education<\/b> (ALE 2260901001 &#8220;Transfer of Pupils&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>For further information, those interested can contact their high schools, which have already received instructions on how to inform the beneficiary <b>pupils<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The allowance of 350 euros per candidate for the 2026 Panhellenic Examinations concerns only those who take the exam at a different school from the one where they &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}