50 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL OFFER
BCA Educational Group, under the same management, has been operating in the education sector for more than 50 years and continues to offer high-quality education to all levels, from nursery to postgraduate level, to about 2000 pupils and students per year, establishing BCA as one of the most prestigious colleges in Greece.
THE NEW CITY-CAMPUS
Avenue, in the well-known bioclimatic “blue building”. The 4100 square meter premises provide comfortable, sophisticated, and technologically advanced, spaces for lectures, seminars, work, events, cultural, leisure, and social activities.
COLLABORATION WITH GLION AND LES ROCHES
BCA is partnering with the Swiss Institute of Higher Education Glion & the Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality Les Roches, two of the top five institutions in the world in the field of tourism and hospitality.
THE FIRST SCHOLARSHIP FUND
BCA sets up the first Scholarship Fund in Greece, consisting of 77 leading companies which assist young people with financial difficulties to study by offering scholarships to BCA.
THE FIRST E-LEARNING MASTER IN THE WORLD
BCA offers the first e-learning MSc Shipping in the world. The production of the material is done in a studio with specifications of television broadcasts that ensures top quality result.
THE FIRST DIGITAL MARKETING COURSE
BCA designs and offers, for the first time in Greece, the course “Diploma in Digital Marketing”, with the contribution of many leading companies in the field of digital marketing.
RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL RIGHTS
Second amendment of the existing law, and voting of the law 4073/2012, which recognizes the professional rights of Greek college graduates.
MELINA’S KINDERGARTEN
MELINA’s KINDERGARTEN, a chain of kindergartens is founded in Kifissia.
DEGREE RECOGNITION
The law which recognizes the professional rights of the degrees awarded by Greek Colleges is enacted. BCA is the first College that receives the license to operate as a private College, under the name “BCA Business College of Athens”.
ISA EXPANDS TO LARISSA
The International School expands to Larissa and is named “International School of Larissa” (ISL). It provides education for the children of NATO employees.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ATHENS
The International School of Athens (I.S.A) is founded. The I.S.A is located in Kifissia and is currently one of the largest and most reputable foreign schools in Greece.
TEXTBOOK PUBLICATIONS
DIDASK Educational System Ltd. is founded with the sole purpose of issuing textbooks related to the content of courses offered by the Group.
EXPANSION TO SWITZERLAND
The expansion abroad continues with the establishment of the Institute for Business Studies, (IBS) in Geneva.
BUSINESS COLLEGE OF ATHENS
The BUSINESS CENTER OF ATHENS is renamed BUSINESS COLLEGE OF ATHENS but the logo- the well-known BCA- is maintained. The new BCA college begins to form partnerships with educational organizations in Great Britain.
FIRST COLLABORATION WITH A EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION
S.B.S is transferred to Patision street (opposite the well-known department store Minion which operated at that time) and BCA to Kifisias Avenue in Palio Psychiko (Agia Barbara). This location gave a specific feature to the campus because, given the greenery surrounding the building, BCA soon becomes known as the Green building.
BCA cooperates with educational organizations in Europe for the first time in Greece, namely LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY thus paving the way for the private education sector in Greece.
BUSINESS CENTRE OF ATHENS
The Business Centre of Athens (BCA) is founded, which comprises two “schools”:
A) The School of Business Studies (SBS) a vocational school and
B) The School of Independent Studies – BCA, offering courses in Marketing, Public relations, Advertising, Sales, Management, Industrial Management, and Shipping available for the first time in Greece.
The first BCA campus is designed to accommodate the needs of the College and is located in a building at Didotou I5 and Marseille in Kolonaki.
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EXPANSION TO ITALY
Vasilis Daskalakis founds the European College Centre for Business Studies, (ECBS) in Rome, located at 110 Via Cimone in Belle Jardini area, thus creating the first college in Greece which operates branches in Europe.
THE BEGINNING
Vasilis Daskalakis founds the ESEM (Liberal Studies in Applied Computer studies), the first computer school in Athens (Agios Konstantinos 27).
The biggest computer in Athens at that time, which belonged to ELKO-VAGIONIS, is used for the educational needs of students.
The Educational Group, which operates more than 50 years under the same management, continues to provide high-quality education at all educational levels (from kindergarten to Master’s ) to about 2000 pupils and students annually
allowing it to claim the title of one of the most prestigious education institutions operating in the private education sector in Greece.