Three teens charged after teacher injured during argument
Paphos police on Tuesday arrested three teens in connection with an attack of a high school teacher, two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old. They were charged...
Education
Row erupts over school prayers after teacher’s reported refusal
A row about the saying of prayers at a public school has reignited the discussion on religious activities in the education system. It was reported...
ISOP celebrates academic excellence at special ceremony
The International School of Paphos (ISOP) held its Academic Excellence Awards ceremony on October 4. The chairman and the members of the board of directors,...
Cyprus has lowest number enrolled in vocational education
Cyprus has the second-lowest number of pupils enrolled in vocational education at the upper secondary level in the European Union and the least percentage of...
Tiny Cyprus punches above its weight at UK universities, study shows
With 8,930 students at 125 universities, Cyprus ranks fifth of European countries with the highest number of students in the UK, according to a study...
State moving to install CCTV in kindergartens and primary schools
The education ministry is moving to install CCTV cameras in kindergartens and primary schools after it proved unable to find security guards willing to take...
Growing criticism of teachers’ attempts to block education reform
The spat in the education sector over the government’s efforts to implement student assessment reform continued on Monday, when the confederation of secondary school parents...
Teachers’ pay remains above the EU average
Teachers’ pay in Cyprus remains higher than the EU average at 72.7 per cent of total expenditure on education, compared with 62 per cent on...
UNic conference focuses on Middle East politics
The situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the role of Cyprus, in light of its important alliances with neighbouring countries such as Greece, Israel and...
Frederick University acknowledged as e-learning leader
Frederick University is one of the 21 universities in Europe to receive the E-xcellence label for associates in quality. The university has been recognised as...
Medical masters degrees at Cing
Continuing its innovative course in the field of education for the new generation of scientists, the postgraduate molecular medicine school of the Cyprus Institute of...
Primary school teachers say ministry ‘forced’ work stoppage
The one-hour work stoppage early on Monday by primary education teachers’ union Poed went smoothly its chairman said, but parents were angered that some headteachers...
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 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,...
