Teaching union snubs parents’ association (Updated)
By Annette Chrysostomou and Jonathan Shkurko Secondary teachers’ union Oelmek on Friday walked out of a meeting with the education minister in protest at the...
Education
Education reforms up to the government, not unions, says spokesman
EDUCATIONAL reforms can only be implemented by the government and such policies cannot be planned by others, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromos said on Thursday after...
Primary teachers to decide on Thursday whether to support work stoppage
Primary teachers’ union Poed said on Wednesday that the short work stoppage planned for next week was an attempt to force much desired change to...
Education ministry finds ‘issues’ in how school headscarf incident was handled
The education ministry said on Wednesday it had found issues in the handling of an incident in which a headmaster had cautioned a Muslim girl...
Teacher accused of pushing pupil charged and released (updated)
A Limassol primary school teacher, who was arrested on Wednesday after police were informed that he had used violence against a nine-year-old student, was charged...
Cypriot educator wins Global Teacher Award
CYPRIOT teacher Popi Nicolaou has been officially recognised as one of the world’s best as she has taken home this year’s Global Teacher Award. The...
UCy heads research into school programme to overcome socioeconomic disadvantages
A multi-national European study led by the University of Cyprus, looking at over 5,500 students, has found that a novel school intervention programme can not...
Teaching union should be ashamed says parents’ leader
THE HEAD of the Parents Associations for secondary schools Kyriakos Nikiforou on Tuesday lambasted the leaderships of teaching unions for announcing work stoppages next week,...
Frederick University at the forefront of sustainability efforts
Frederick University is planting 500 new trees for greening our country and tackling climate change. Frederick University has decided to include in the start of...
Teaching unions threaten work stoppages next week
Two teacher unions on Monday said they would go on one-hour work stoppages later in the month over various problems faced in state schools. Secondary...
Minister receives report on headscarf incident
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris has received a report on last week’s incident where a headmaster cautioned a Syrian girl for wearing a headscarf. “Late in...
Migrant children quit school at double the rate of native-born children
Early school-leaving among migrant children in Cyprus is almost twice as high compared with native-born children, with Cyprus being one of the six EU countries...
Education minister said he was forced to transfer headmaster in headscarf row
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris on Wednesday said he was forced to transfer a Nicosia high school headmaster who cautioned a Muslim pupil last week because...
Ayia Marina headmistress forced to resign after parents’ protests
The primary school in Ayia Marina in Polis Chrysochous was operating normally on Wednesday after had it remained closed for the first two days of...
School canteens still a rip-off, consumer body says
Students continue to be ripped off by their school canteens and to be sold substandard products that are not on the official menus, inspections carried...
Cyprus’ pupil-teacher ratio below EU average
The average number of pupils per teacher at primary school level in Cyprus is 12.6, less than the EU average of 14.7, according to Eurostat...
Bright futures for UNic med school graduates
Based on employment records released by the University of Nicosia medical school’s careers office, of a total of 358 graduates (2015 – 2019), 356 or...
Students in international IT competition do Cyprus proud
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) is pleased to announce that for the first time all members of the Cyprus Student Mission have won awards in...
Reusing textbooks proves popular in Aglandjia school
By Kyriaki Christodoulou A mobile library `wanders` the yard of Fifth Primary School in Aglandjia in Nicosia, building environmental awareness through the recycling and reuse...
Frederick University exhibition unravels the secrets of space
Frederick University and the European Space Agency are organising the exhibition ‘The Sun and Us’. The exhibition, which is under the auspices of the education...