Staff locked girl inside and went on school trip (Updated)
A Limassol mother reported on Wednesday that staff at a private school for children with special needs accidentally locked her 19-year-old daughter inside and went
Education
Primary school strikes to start in Limassol Wednesday
Primary school teachers’ union Poed on Tuesday urged Limassol parents to drop off their children an hour later at school on Wednesday as the first
UCy rector says state doctors’ attitudes to teaching hospital ‘anachronistic’
University of Cyprus (UCy) Rector Constantinos Christofides said in an op-ed on Sunday that doctors’ union arguments against the notion that a university teaching hospital
Cyprus and Russia sign universities deal
Education Minister Costas Kadis and Russian Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilyeva have signed an agreement in the fields of education and science. The agreement
English School students raise €4,000 in anti-poverty week
STUDENTS at the English School in Nicosia have raised nearly €4,000 for charity as part of their anti-poverty week. Over €2,100 was raised from a
Paphos wants to host hotel training school
MAYOR Phedonas Phedonos announced on Friday that the municipality has officially expressed interest for the Higher Hotel Institute (HHIC) to be relocated to his town.
Mass brawl in Famagusta district school
A 16-year-old male was slightly injured on Friday during a fight between pupils from two villages in the Famagusta district. Police said they had been
Teachers union says it’s being unfairly treated
PRIMARY school teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday it was unfairly treated due to the few measures it took and urged Education Minister Costas Kadis
UCy denies medical school dean resigned over spat with doctors
Members of the University of Cyprus’ senate denied claims on Thursday that the resignation of its medical school’s dean, Dr Zacharias Zachariou, was over his
Education minister to pay an official visit to Russia
Minister of Education and Culture, Costas Kadis, departs today for an official visit to Russia. According to an official press release, on Friday Kadis and
Medical school deal put on hold for a week
The cooperation agreement between the education ministry and the University of Cyprus’ medical school has been put on hold for a week to give time
More needs to be done to stop violence in school says minister
Last year 120 incidents of juvenile delinquency were recorded in primary schools and as many in high schools, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday.
Shriners Hospitals plans to expand cooperation in Cyprus to include education
For 35 years, doctors from Shriners Hospitals for Children have been visiting Cyprus and examining children with serious orthopaedic problems. This year, doctors expressed their
Teachers announce periodic strikes islandwide (Update 2)
By Evie Andreou and Angelos Anastasiou State primary-school teachers’ union Poed announced on Friday a series of one-period strikes islandwide every Wednesday morning, meaning those
Three teens to be charged in school beating (Updated)
Three 16-year-old girls were arrested in connection with the beating of a classmate, also 16, in a Limassol school on Thursday, which was recorded and
Loans and grants still available for students in England starting 2017
Cypriot students, as with their EU counterparts, applying for English university places in the 2017 to 2018 academic year will still have access to student
Turkish Cypriot texts aim to promote peace says ministry
Teaching Turkish Cypriot literary texts in state high schools is part of the education ministry’s goal of promoting a peace culture and is not subject
Teachers earn nearly three times as much as average Cypriot
TEACHERS in Cyprus earn nearly three times as much as the average Cypriot, a new study shows In most EU countries the maximum salary for
Larnaca teacher alleges attack by student (Updated)
Police are looking into a complaint made by a teacher that for as yet unknown reasons he was attacked by a 15-year-old boy at a
Youngest teachers in Europe
Cyprus employs 4,000 primary school teachers, 83.7 per cent of whom are female, 16.3 per cent male and only 3.5 per cent aged over 50,