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Primary teachers give union green light to take strike action

Primary teachers give union green light to take strike action

June 17th, 20161411 PRIMARY teachers’ union POED on Thursday gave their leadership the green light to take ‘dynamic measures’, including possible strike action, in a bid to...

School's recycling bins destroyed by fire

School's recycling bins destroyed by fire

June 12th, 20161118 Six recycling bins were completely destroyed by fire at the Ayios Giorgos elementary school in Lakatamia in Nicosia on Saturday night, police and fire...

Audit official slams ‘provocative’ teachers' perks in new onslaught

Audit official slams ‘provocative’ teachers' perks in new onslaught

June 10th, 20161837 Primary and secondary school teachers enjoy a host of perks, the rationale for which has never been accounted for by means of a best-practices study, Audit...

Unions defend cost of substitute teachers

Unions defend cost of substitute teachers

June 8th, 20161069 From January until June 2016 a total of 730 teachers were asked to substitute regular teachers in the public sector, 422 in primary schools and 308 in...

Fancy primary school graduations ‘an unnecessary financial burden’

Fancy primary school graduations ‘an unnecessary financial burden’

June 8th, 20161158 Not content with “Last Day of School” T-shirts or diploma shaped biscuits and cakes some primary school parents have decided to go the whole hog with the...

Kadis says looking at ‘all aspects’ of audit office letter

Kadis says looking at ‘all aspects’ of audit office letter

June 2nd, 20161190 Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday his ministry was looking at all aspects of a letter from Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides,...

Audit boss: spoiled teachers costing state millions

Audit boss: spoiled teachers costing state millions

June 2nd, 20162993 AUDITOR-GENERAL Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday made public a letter he had sent to Education Minister Costas Kadis asking him to set the record straight on...

Primary teachers threaten strike action

Primary teachers threaten strike action

May 31st, 20161128 Primary teachers’ union POED on Tuesday threatened strike action unless the education ministry takes measures to solve the problems at state schools. In...

Auditor-general scrutinising Olympic Committee’s books

Auditor-general scrutinising Olympic Committee’s books

May 27th, 20161249 The Cyprus Olympic Committee’s (COE) extravagance several years ago may have belatedly landed it in hot water with the auditor-general’s...

Students create garden in memory of dead classmate

Students create garden in memory of dead classmate

May 25th, 20162962 A GARDEN to celebrate the life of a courageous girl who died last year has been created by students at her Paphos school. Jasmitha Marharajasingh died...

Bullied boy goes back to school without ministerial escort

Bullied boy goes back to school without ministerial escort

May 24th, 20161971 THE education ministry is investigating an incident which ended with the transfer last week of a 13-year-old boy from Limassol to hospital with concussion...

Education ministry investigating case of alleged bullying

Education ministry investigating case of alleged bullying

May 22nd, 20161755 The education ministry said on Sunday it was investigating a reported case of bullying at a Limassol school last week that ended with a 13-year-old boy in...

Top 10 places to entertain and educate children

Top 10 places to entertain and educate children

May 22nd, 20165482 School might be almost out but there are plenty of places around the island to both entertain and educate children of all ages. Annette Chrysostomou picks ten...

Greek astrophysicist will do everything he can to push for Troodos observatory

Greek astrophysicist will do everything he can to push for Troodos observatory

May 21st, 20161775 Greek astrophysicist Thanasis Economou, who was in Cyprus this week has said he was asked to contribute to the idea of creating an observatory in Cyprus and...

Uni grant payments get underway

Uni grant payments get underway

May 18th, 20161066 ALMOST 250 state grant applications for university students have been rejected, while payments for over 2,000 successful applicants have begun, the Education...

Over 8,000 sitting Pancyprian exams (Updated with Kadis comments)

Over 8,000 sitting Pancyprian exams (Updated with Kadis comments)

May 17th, 20161260 Modern Greek was the first subject of the Pancyprian exams which started on Tuesday for 8,198 students across the islands hoping to secure a place in...

Boost for bicommunal school ties

Boost for bicommunal school ties

May 15th, 20161245 While politicians have held negotiations on the Cyprus problem for over four decades, a dedicated 22-member technical committee on education is quietly working...

Cypriot graduate offers free online climate courses

Cypriot graduate offers free online climate courses

May 12th, 20161576 A graduate of the American Academy in Larnaca is offering online courses to help the UN Paris climate campaign. Graduate Daniel Butler-Doyle is the...

Call for volunteer teachers to help tutor needy kids

Call for volunteer teachers to help tutor needy kids

May 10th, 20161347 The Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council (PVCC) announced on Tuesday it was accepting expressions of interest from teachers who would like to donate...

Cyprus scores well over tertiary education attainment

Cyprus scores well over tertiary education attainment

April 27th, 20161603 Cyprus has one of the lowest rates of early school leavers in the EU, ranking fourth behind Croatia, Slovenia, and Poland, thus fulfiling the 2020 national...

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