The Model General Lyceum (Upper Secondary School) of Heraklion (pronounced Prótypo Yenikó Líkio Iraklíou, in Greek) was founded by the Ministerial Decision Δ4/131 of 6 October 1989, as the Experimental Lyceum of Heraklion. During December of the same year it opened its doors and welcomed its first students to the building of the former Academy of Pedagogy. In 1990 the school employed its very first teachers on a permanent basis. Pursuant to 3966/2011 Law, on 19/9/2011 the school submitted its Evaluation Application and Portfolio, seeking its appointment as a Model Experimental School. On 25/10/2011, it was ranked top in the evaluation process, and was pronounced as the Model Experimental General Lyceum of Heraklion. You may check the full scorecard, as well as the related press release by the school. During 2013-14 and 2014-15 School Years, students were admitted to Grade A after a Written Admission Test, conducted in June (with applications running in March). Through a similar procedure, students are admitted to vacant positions in September. As of the current school year 2015-16, despite its excelling at the above evaluation, its high quality achievements, and high entry candidate figures in the past two years, Law 4327/2015 (ΦΕΚ 50 xn--5xa.xn-- /14-5-2015),-plh25x has brought the school to its previous status of being solely Experimental, as only a few so-called "Historical" schools remained as Model ones. Pursuant to the same Law, the school is now officially connected to the Experimental Lower Secondary School of Heraklion. Consequently, the school exclusively accepts all of the Experimental Lower Secondary School graduates in its Grade A, and conducts a public draw only for vacancies. In total, 1.678 students have graduated in the 30 years of the school’s operation. Currently, 237 students are enrolled in 10 General Education classes.