How large-family (polyteknos) status affects your ASEP score

Polyteknos, large-family, status is one of the personal-circumstance criteria ASEP factors into Stage B scoring once a written exam result is being used to fill a specific post. Like military service status, it plays no role in whether you pass the Panhellenic Written Exam itself; it only matters once you are already past the 55 out of 100 threshold on both tests and a hiring body is applying the full set of Stage B criteria to rank candidates for actual posts.

What counts as large-family status for ASEP purposes

Large-family status in Greece has its own legal definition, generally administered through the recognised large-family organisations and confirmed by an official certificate, rather than being something a candidate can simply assert on an application form. ASEP’s scoring tables require the relevant certification to apply the corresponding points, and that certificate has to be current and issued by the competent authority. If your certificate has lapsed or your family status has recently changed, resolving that with the certifying authority before your application deadline matters more than trying to explain the discrepancy afterwards.

Where it sits relative to other Stage B criteria

Large-family status is one of several personal and professional criteria applied at Stage B, alongside things like postgraduate qualifications, relevant work experience, and military service status. None of them affect the underlying written exam pass mark. See how ASEP’s points-based scoring works across categories for how these criteria are combined with your exam result, and what Stage B actually does with the ranking list for the process they feed into.

Family circumstances outside the polyteknos definition

Greek public sector hiring recognises other family-related categories separately from large-family status, including specific provisions for single-parent families and for families supporting a member with a disability, each with their own legal definition and documentation requirement. These are distinct from polyteknos status and are not automatically implied by it; a candidate should check the exact criterion that applies to their own circumstances in the specific proclamation, rather than assuming a related category applies by extension.

Why documentation timing matters here specifically

Because large-family certification is issued by a body separate from ASEP, it can take time to obtain or renew, and that timeline does not adjust for an ASEP application deadline. If you expect to rely on this criterion for Stage B scoring, requesting or renewing the certificate well before you expect to need it avoids a situation where the paperwork simply is not ready in time, which is a much harder problem to fix than a data entry error in the application itself; see how to correct a mistake in your ASEP application for the difference between that kind of fixable error and a missing certificate that cannot be produced retroactively.

Frequently asked questions

Does large-family status help me pass the written exam itself? No. It has no bearing on the 55 out of 100 pass mark on either test. It only applies at Stage B, after you have already passed.

What document proves large-family status for an ASEP application? A current certificate from the competent recognised large-family organisation, issued specifically for that purpose, is what ASEP’s scoring process requires.

Does having more children beyond the minimum threshold add more points? The specific point structure for family size is set out in ASEP’s published Stage B scoring tables for the relevant proclamation; check the current proclamation for the applicable figures rather than assuming a fixed scale.

Can I add my large-family certificate after the application deadline? No. Supplementary documents follow the same deadline rule as corrections to the application itself: everything has to be in before that proclamation’s stated cutoff.