It begins today, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., the online application submission for enrollment and re-enrollment of infants and toddlers at the 26 daycare centers from the Public Employment Service (PES) for the 2022–2023 school year, which may be submitted through June 30.
Accommodation for infants and toddlers is free.
DYPA’s privately owned daycare centers are open from September 1 through July 31, from 6:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday through Friday) and are intended for infants and toddlers aged 6 months to 4 years. As stated in a DYPA announcement, a daily program of creative activities is implemented to promote the children’s harmonious physical, mental, and educational development. The selection criteria are financial (with priority given to children of low-income parents) and social (children from large families, orphans, children from single-parent families, children with disabilities, etc.).
In Attica, daycare centers operate in the municipalities of Acharnes, Agia Varvara, Ano Liosia, Elefsina, Keratsini, Moschato, Olympic Village, and Peristeri, while in the rest of Greece, they operate in the cities of Agrinio, Arta, Drama, Igoumenitsa, Ioannina, Kavala, Kalamata, Karditsa, Karpenisi, Komotini, Larissa, Messolonghi, Naoussa, Xanthi, Patras, Pylaia (Thessaloniki), Serres, and Trikala.
Applications must be submitted exclusively online via gov.gr using your TAXISnet login credentials at the following web address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ekpaideuse/eggraphe-se-brephiko-kai-paidiko-stathmo/eggraphe-se-brephonepiako-stathmo-tes-demosias-uperesias-apaskholeses-d-up.
Specifically, the path is: gov.gr → Education → Enrollment in a daycare center → Enrollment in a daycare center operated by the Public Employment Service (P.E.S.).
Eligible recipients are the parent, parents, or custodians (foster parents, guardians, etc.) of eligible children who:
- During the years 2021–2022, accumulated a total of 25 days of insurance coverage under e-EFKA and/or special maternity benefits and/or regular unemployment benefits and/or long-term unemployment benefits, or
have been registered in the DYPA Unemployment Registry for at least two months as of the deadline for submitting applications, or
They are eligible for unemployment benefits as self-employed insured persons (formerly OAEE, formerly ETAP-MME, formerly ETAA).
Once the application submission process is complete, a provisional list of selected infants and toddlers will be posted, and eligible applicants will have three days to file appeals.
For more information, interested parties can visit the website at https://www.oaed.gr/brefonipiaki-paidiki-stathmi-oaed.
