The Centre for Greek Language, an official body of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Greece, provides a proficiency certification in Greek language. Every May, the Centre for Greek Language, Ministry of Education of Greece, organizes worldwide Greek Language certification exams. Successful candidates receive an official certificate of proficiency in Greek, in one of the six levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Candidates can take the Greek language exam at the following proficiency levels: A1-Minimum knowledge , A2 – Basic knowledge, B1-Intermediate knowledge, B2-Good knowledge, C1-Very good knowledge, C2-Excellent knowledge
For children aged 8 to 12 year, there is different A1 level exam; and for adults and adolescent, there is a separate A1 level exam. The examination at levels A1, A2 and B1 comprises of 4 language skills- Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing. The examination at levels B2, C1 and C2 comprises of following parts: Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing, Vocabulary and Use of Greek language that emphasize on grammatical structure and syntax. The Greek language exam for all the levels is held annually in mid- May. The exam centres for the “Ellinomathia” Greek language certification, in Canada are:
- Greek Community of Toronto, 30 Thorncliffe Park Dr., Toronto, Ontario (Info at: education@greekcommunity.org
- Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, 5777 Wilderton Ave. Montréal, Quebec (Info at kkiryakidis@hcgm.org
- Manitoba Hellenic Culture Centre, 2255 Grant Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba (Info at vrontak@cc.umanitoba.ca)
- Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University, 8888, University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia (Info at darkadia@sfu.ca)
- Ottawa- Carleton District School board- International Languages Program, 440 Albert str. Ottawa, Ontario (Info at machoula@hotmail.com,nectaria.karagiozis@ocdsb.ca)
- Greek School “Holy Trinity”, 131 Southdale road west, N6J 2J2, London, Ontario (Info at londongreekcom@bellnet.ca, holytrinitygreekschool@gmail.com)
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY, 19 MACANLAY LANE, CARLETON HALL ROOM 209, P.O. BOX 4400, FREDERICTON, N.B., Fredericton (Info at mariap@unb.ca)
- Hellenic Heritage Language School of Edmonton, 116 St 10450, Edmonton, Alberta (Info at olga.sarlis@edmontonhellenic.com)