The Ministry of Defence announces that the preliminary examinations conducted by the Ministry for admission to the Higher Military Educational Institutions and the Higher Military Schools of Non-Commissioned Officers of Greece will be conducted as follows:
1. HEALTH EXAM:
1.1 It will be conducted by a Health Committee at the 106 SNE (Military Campaign Hospital), located at Camp B. CAPOTA, (BMH), in Aglantzia, from 27 March 2023 - 7 April 2023, from 27 March 2023 - 7 April 2023. Attendance will be from 08:00am to 10:00am (no one will be admitted after 10:00am) as per their initial of their surname as shown below.
1.1.1 On 27.3.2023
1.1.1 On 27.3.2023 candidates whose surname begins with the letter A up to the letters GEO (such as Georgiou)
1.1.2 On 28.3.2023 candidates whose surname begins with the letters ΓΙ (as in Γιάγγου) up to the letter Θ.
1.1.3 On 29.3.2023 candidates whose surname begins with the letter Ι up to the letters ΚΡΗ (as in Κρητικός).
1.1.4 On 30.3.2023, candidates whose surname begins with the letters KRO (as in Krusou) up to the letters MAR (as in Markou).
1.1.5 On 31.3.2023 candidates whose surname begins with the letters MAT (as in Matthew) up to the letter N[/B]
1.1.6 On 03.04.2023, candidates whose surname begins with the letter X up to the letters PER (such as Pericles).
1.1.7 On 04.04.2023, candidates whose surname begins with the letters PES (as in Pesiotou) up to and including the letters STR (as in Stratis).
1.1.8 On 05.04.2023, candidates whose surname begins with the letters STY (as in Stylianou) up to and including the letters XAS (as in Butcher).
1.1.9 On 06.04.2023, candidates whose surname begins with the letters HAT (such as Hatzinikolaou) up to the letter Z.
1.1.10 On 07.04.2023
1.2 At the time of their presentation to the Health Committee, candidates will be required to produce the following health examinations which must have been recently (not more than 1.5 months) conducted either in a government hospital or in a private clinic or laboratory (Health Card is not acceptable), together with the Health Examination Form duly completed (ANNEX A):
(1) General analyses, urea, blood sugar, creatinine, transaminases, haemoglobin and urinalysis with a medical opinion.
(2) FACE chest X-ray with a medical opinion.
(3) Electrocardiogram, with a medical certificate stating that the candidate may participate in sports tests.
(4) Ophthalmological examination with recording of visual acuity and the degree of refractive error of each eye, the existence or not of dyschromatopsia and the existence of a disease or condition, with a medical certificate.
(5) Otolaryngological examination and audiogram with a doctor's certificate.
(6) Gynaecological examination (only for female candidates) with a doctor's certificate (that the candidate does not have any problem of a gynaecological nature).
(7) Signed Declaration of non-use of illegal addictive substances (ANNEX B)
ATTENTION:
- THE REQUIRED MEDICAL OR/LAB EXAMINATIONS AND THE REQUIRED OPINIONS/DISCLOSURES ARE NOT FACILITATED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
- IN THE EVENT THAT A CANDIDATE DOES NOT COMPLETE THE HEALTH EXAM FORM
HEALTH EXAM FORM COMPLETED AND IDENTIFIED WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE HEALTH EXAM. EXAMINATIONS MUST BE PREPARED (NO LONGER THAN 1.5 MONTH).
- Please note that no personal letters will be sent.
1.3 The Body Mass Index (BMI) of candidates for admission to ASE and ASY, i.e. the ratio of the candidate's body weight in kilograms to the square of his/her height in metres, should be between 19 and 27 kgr/m2 for men and between 18 and 25 kgr/m2 for women. For example: A candidate who is 1.75 m tall and weighs 74 kg has a BMI of 74/(1.75 x 1.75)=24.16. Table of height-weight limits (ANNEX C)
1.4 Candidates must be in good health, of good physique and have no tattoos on conspicuous parts of their body not covered by their summer outfit (for women, the summer outfit includes a knee-length skirt)
1.5 Opinions concerning judgements on the health fitness of candidates for Production Schools are non-reviewable, hence it is not possible to review candidates whose fitness has been decided by the Committee and a report has been drawn up.
2. SPORTS TEST
2.1 The Sports Test will be held at the Kykkos B Sports Lyceum, Nicosia for all candidates who have been found suitable by the Health Committee at the Health Examination.
2.1.1 On Tuesday 11.04.2023 at 7:30 a.m., candidates whose surname begins with the letters A up to L
2.1.2 On Wednesday 12.04.2023 at 7:30 a.m, will be presented by candidates whose surname begins with the letters M up to Z.
2.2 During the Sports Test, candidates must present themselves in in sports clothing and sports shoes.
2.3 The table below shows the events and the minimum performance thresholds per event and School that a candidate (irrespective of gender) must achieve in order to be considered eligible:
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[TD]
2
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD][TR] [TD]
A/A
[/TD] [TD]FIGHTING
[/TD] [TD]CBA/Guns, N/A,
CF/IPT
ARMY/GUN
[/TD] [TD]CID/BODIES,
CF (-IPT) SAA,
SAN, EMS/Bodies,
SMYN, EMS
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1.
[/TD] [TD]100m
[/TD] [TD]16´´
[/TD] [TD]17´´´
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2.
[/TD] [TD]1000m.
[/TD] [TD]4´,20´´
[/TD] [TD]4´,30´´
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3.
[/TD] [TD]High jump
[/TD] [TD]1,05m.
[/TD] [TD]1.00m.
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4.
[/TD] [TD]Long jump
[/TD] [TD]3.60m.
[/TD] [TD]3.60m
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5.
[/TD] [TD]Drop ball (7.275 kg)
with both hands.
Average throw with right and left hand
[/TD] [TD]4.50m
[/TD] [TD]4.40m
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6.
[/TD] [TD]50m Free Swimming (Only for SND, SI/IPT, SMYN)
[/TD] [TD]2΄
[/TD] [TD]2΄
[/TD] [/TR]
2.4 Candidates are entitled to one (1) attempt for the running events and three (3) attempts for the jumping and throwing events. Specifically for the shot put event, they must, in a total of three (3) attempts per hand, achieve a total performance (right and left hand) of at least 9 m for the Schools in column 3 of the above table or 8 m and 80 cm for the Schools in column 4 of the above table.
(a) It is recommended that candidates prepare themselves in advance to achieve the performance limits of the events.
(b) The order of the competitions shall be determined under the responsibility of the Chairperson of the Sports Test, depending on climatic and other conditions and the number of candidates.
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[C] No persons other than the candidates themselves may enter the competition area.
(d) A candidate who unreasonably fails to present himself/herself at the appointed date and time or fails to achieve the specified minimum performance in any event or withdraws at any stage of the test through no fault of his/her own shall be deemed to have failed. If a candidate has applied for both schools for which he/she is required to compete in swimming (SND, SII/IPT, SSN) and another school and fails only in the swimming event, he/she shall be deemed to have failed only for those schools for which success in the swimming event is required.
(e) A candidate may take part in a supplementary test if, prior to the start of the 1000 and 100 metre running events and not during them, he/she invokes health reasons or suffers an injury and after a medical certificate from the medical officer of a member of the Sports Testing Committee stating that he/she can take part in a supplementary test.
(f) It is further provided that a candidate may take part in a supplementary test if, before the start of or during the long jump, high jump and shot put events and while he/she still has attempts remaining, he/she invokes health reasons, or suffers an injury, after a medical certificate from a doctor who is a member of the selection board certifying that he/she can take part in a supplementary test to complete the remaining attempts and events.
3.1 Swimming will be held at the Aglantzia Swimming Pool for the candidates of the Military Naval Cadet Schools (MCD), the School of Flight Engineers (SF) and the School of Permanent Naval Officers (PSN), who have been deemed eligible by the Health Committee.
3.1.1 On Tuesday 11.04.2023 at 7:30 am, candidates whose surname begins with the letters M up to Z will be presented.
3.1.2 On Wednesday 12.04.2023 at 7.30 a.m., candidates whose surname begins with the letters A up to L will be presented.
4. PSYCHOTECHNICAL TEST (WRITTEN Mental Capacity Test and Critical Capacity Test)
4.1 The Psychotechnical Test will be held for all candidates who have passed the Athletic Test, on Thursday 20.04.2023, at 9, 9:
00 am, at the Lyceum Ethnomartyr Kyprianos Strovolos (tel. 22814700).The examination will last approximately two (2) hours. Time of arrival 8:45 a.m. Information about the psychological test is given in Appendix D.
4.2. Candidates applying for admission to the Higher Military Educational Institutions and the Higher Military Non-Commissioned Officer Schools of Greece for the academic year 2023-2024 must come to the examination venues on the days and at the times specified. They must necessarily bring their Identity card with them in order to be be admitted. Their absence from the preliminary tests automatically invalidates their candidature for admission to the above institutions/schools.
6. The results of the preliminary examination will be posted on the website of the Ministry of Defence (www.mod.gov.cy) by 12.05.2023.
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