Abstract
This article attempts to understand the emergent forms of education governance that are developing in the context of the Greek educational system. The methodology used is discourse analysis, which draws upon interviews with political actors at the central and local level, while it also takes into consideration other written texts and parliamentary proceedings relevant to the recent educational reform. The article argues that education policy constructs modernisation as an inevitable process related to globalisation and European integration. The introduction of competitiveness and entrepreneurialism is perceived as the main means to accomplish the task of modernisation, while social exclusion remains unvoiced in contemporary education policy.