Editing Ios (section)

==Education==
In 1827 the local leaders of Ios wrote a letter to the revolutionary government of Greece requesting a school to open in the island.<ref>Η εκπαίδευση κατά την Ελληνική Επανάσταση page 182 {{ISBN|9789605600518}}</ref> During the 1850s the first school opened which housed a small number of students of all ages. The type of school that operated was called Skolarcheion (Greek: Σχολαρχείον) and was equivalent to an elementary school with some high school basic courses. Most students at the time didn't graduate as their time was occupied helping their families in the fields. This resulted in a large percentage of illiterate children. The richer families sent their children to schools of the nearby islands. From 1936 the first elementary school was founded. In 1972 the first kindergarten was opened and in 1980 the first high school that had some senior high school courses. Today, in Chora there is a kindergarten, a high school, a senior high school and an EPAL high school.<ref>http://nefeli.lib.teicrete.gr/browse/sdo/tour/2011/DrakouMargarita/attached-document-1300432232-113994-30049/drakou2011.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027011648/http://nefeli.lib.teicrete.gr/browse/sdo/tour/2011/DrakouMargarita/attached-document-1300432232-113994-30049/drakou2011.pdf |date=2020-10-27 }} page 66-67</ref>