The demographic problem and the decline in the student population are clearly reflected in the new map of primary education, which includes abolitions, mergers, and downgrades (operation with fewer teachers) of kindergartens and primary schools across the country. Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, as well as Western Greece are included in the Ministry of Education's list presented by protothema.gr, while school mergers have also been decided even for Attica.

For the next school year, very few schools are being founded and only a small number are being upgraded—meaning they will operate with more teachers. According to the Ministry of Education, however, Special Education and Training structures will be significantly strengthened. Through decisions by the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Sofia Zaharaki, targeted changes are being implemented in the school network through the establishment, mergers, restructuring, and upgrading of school units. It should be noted, however, that many of the schools now being abolished had already suspended their operation, and it was therefore decided that they should no longer exist even "on paper."

10 new school units are being established:

Lyceum classes are also being established in the following schools so that students can complete secondary education within the same school type:

As part of the policy to strengthen inclusive education and equal access to learning for all children:

5 new Special Education and Training school units are being established:

14 Special Education school units (primary level) are being upgraded and renamed.

2 Special Education school units (primary level) are being abolished, as they had never operated since their establishment.

See the detailed tables with all changes in the primary education map as it will be shaped from the next school year 2026–2027.

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