Education

By Martha Shaw and Alexis Stones The endless creativity that Lego bricks present means they can be used for far more than following instructions to build the model on the ...

By Philippa Tracy As the culture wars continue on social media, the battle over modern parenting has taken a new twist. This is reflected in the polarisation between ‘gentle parenting’ ...

By Lucy Gill-Simmen The UK’s proposed post-16 education and skills policy promises a nation “where nobody is left behind”. The country’s modern industrial strategy 2025 talks of a workforce ...

I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, and I almost never review non-fiction. The Digital Delusion is a book I felt I had to make an exception for, because ...

The number of private schools offering comprehensive athletic programmes on the island can be counted on your hands. Developing any high-quality athletic programme requires significant investment in facilities, specialised staff ...

It’s safe to say that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become part of both teachers and students’ lives. Some say it has changed traditional classrooms into more dynamic spaces of ...

Education was presented as a practical confidence-building measure during a diplomatic briefing held this week at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia, bringing together ambassadors and representatives from a range ...

A sixteen-year-old in California transforms cancer-fighting antibody drug conjugates into a superhero narrative. A teenager in India explains a breakthrough cancer treatment to an audience of thousands. A student in ...

The Junior and Senior School recently hosted Pitch Point 2026, its first-ever entrepreneurship-focused event, bringing together over 70 students from different schools around Cyprus, educators and industry leaders for an inspiring day ...

The University of Cyprus will host the first official celebration of World Greek Language Day on February 9, with an event entitled “In the Greek language, which is the vehicle of ...

The education ministry on Tuesday released a guide outlining policies, circulars and protocols related to the prevention and response to in-school violence, which has been sent to all schools across ...

Why collaborative exam notes matter? Exam season often feels like organized chaos. Between lecture slides, textbooks, group chat screenshots, and countless PDFs scattered across devices, students spend more time pulling ...

If you want to add some magic to your life and make a fairytale come true, you’re in luck! The Heritage Private School’s multi-talented Drama and Music Departments ...

Control over the books used at schools in the occupied Karpas peninsula are controlled by the Turkish Cypriot authorities, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday, adding this if affecting “...

Education, teachers and skills are not only a tool to be exploited by the labour market, but are “at the core of the European response to the challenges of the ...

On January 22, 2026, Xenion High School hosted the Second Youth Poetry Slam, bringing together young voices from Xenion High School, the Heritage Private School Limassol and the American Academy Larnaca. Students ...

Building new schools in Larnaca is imperative, the head of the city’s parents’ association, Costas Costa, said on Monday, stressing that all classrooms must be equipped with air conditioning ...

Primary school teachers’ union, Poed, called on its members to abstain from training and information meetings organised by the education ministry, on the new teacher evaluation framework, citing lack of ...

House education committee president Pavlos Mylonas and members visited Lakatamia’s 3rd primary school on Friday to inspect the building’s condition, following a letter from the school’s parents’ ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas on Wednesday called on the British government to reduce university tuition fees for Cypriots and other European Union citizens who elect to ...

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is “in the final stretch” of coming to a decision over whether it will open a campus in Paphos, according to reports on Monday. News ...

Twenty-eight private schools in Cyprus have applied to expand or develop their campuses, using incentives provided by a new urban planning scheme.  Ten applications have already been approved, three rejected ...

Following months of intense discussions, the new teacher evaluation plan was passed with 29 votes in favour in parliament on Monday. “This is undoubtedly a reform that, at the same time, ...

The education ministry has confirmed that the bicommunal Imagine programme will resume in January, following changes to its framework and the reissuing of circulars to schools. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, ...