#school

The House education committee will reopen discussion on the government’s new evaluation bill on September 3, deputy chairman of the committee, Chrysanthos Savvides said on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBc radio, ...

Public schools are changing “to give every child the strength to move forward,” Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday as she announced a series of reforms coinciding with the ...

The education ministry envisions an experiential and creative school in which students actively participate and grow into members of society with morals and dignity, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on ...

Five days after Majed Alashtar, a 13-year-old Syrian refugee, went missing from a state-run shelter in Nicosia, concerns are growing that bullying by older teenagers may have played a role. ...

The House audit committee on Thursday examined the case of a plot of land which was seized by the state in 1996 for the purpose of building a primary school, but ...

A fire which broke out in a classroom at the Ayios Vasilios middle school in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos in the early hours of Monday morning caused “extensive damage”, ...

The ludicrous ‘referendum’, held by the secondary teachers union Oelmek, overwhelmingly rejected the bill that would introduce a new system of evaluation of the work of each teacher. A total ...

The cultivation of historical literacy remains a vital component of citizenship education, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday at the Cyprus Paedagogical Institute. “Students who approach history as a ...

A fire broke out in the yard of a Larnaca high school at 2am on Friday morning with smoke affecting the building and causing damage to equipment. “Two staffed fire ...

The cause of death of a 17-year-old boy who fell unconscious in a schoolyard in Paphos and later died will be determined after the results of laboratory tests are received, ...

It took the education ministry a couple of days to speak about the photo of a group of secondary-school pupils in the Famagusta area who gave a Nazi salute during ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Tuesday night for the second time legalised the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools in the north. Following a cabinet meeting, ‘government’ ...

Police have arrested a 60-year-old school bus driver in Larnaca on Monday under a court-issued warrant following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a 16-year-old student. According to sources, the driver ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday dismissed claims of delays in installing air conditioning units in public schools, attributing setbacks to a lack of coordination among those involved ...

The police believe there was “malicious intent” behind a fire which broke out in a high school in Limassol shortly after midnight on Saturday. The fire broke out in a ...

Eleven people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country’s deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called ...

New air conditioning units installed in schools months ago cannot be switched on yet due to insufficient electricity and teachers’ union Oelmek hopes that May and June – the final months ...

The Antonis Tsokkos primary school in Ayia Napa is grappling with severe overcrowding, as nearly 200 of its 360 pupils are non-native Greek speakers from 24 countries. This challenge was highlighted during a ...

Parents of next year’s first year primary school students can now register their children online, the education ministry announced on Friday as part of efforts to modernise the registration ...

Flooded trailer classrooms at a Larnaca public high school prompted the head of the secondary school parents’ association to issue a slew of complaints on Wednesday. Kostas Kosta said flooding ...

Vandals set fire to parts of a high school in Nicosia on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. They broke the windows of the hall at the Constantinoupoleos gymnasium and ...

The government’s new strategy to prevent and handle violence in schools was launched on Monday, providing students, parents and teachers with the necessary tools to do so. In a ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktoeos reacted with fury on Tuesday after a high school teacher was physically assaulted by a final-year pupil. The pupil reportedly had special educational needs, ...

A total of 1,950 teachers across Cyprus objected to their placements or transfers for the academic year which has just become, education service committee chairman Panayiotis Antoniou said on Thursday. Speaking ...