Education

University of Cyprus is celebrating its 30 years with an alumni homecoming reunion this October. The first members of UCy’s alumni community began their journey there in September 1992 at the ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday the ministry would examine a bullying incident at a Limassol gymnasium, where a boy put another classmate in a headlock as other children ...

Kindergarten teachers on Sunday blasted the education ministry for ignoring a number of issues they say has made the start of the new school year very difficult. “Despite the input ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday received an honorary philosophy doctorate from the University of Cyprus in a first ever ceremony in Fener, Turkey. UCY rector Tasos Christofides said the proclamation ...

Kition Planetarium and Observatory is calling on people to participate in their unique planetarium programmes and observe the planets this September. Planet Jupiter, the brightest object on the sky after ...

Gear Education, a new boutique firm specialising in education technology services, earlier this month became Cyprus’ first and only Google for Education partner. The company works closely with schools to ...

European University Cyprus has announced its participation in the Erasmus+ “Gamified and Online Activities for Learning to Support Player Development Managers” (GOAL4PDM), programme. The programme aims to upgrade the ...

University students in Limassol are forking out anywhere from €800 to €1,200 a month for renting a single-bedroom apartment, with many of them forced to ditch their studies as they can no ...

The Proodeftiki Teachers and Nursery Teachers movement on Thursday criticised the government decision not to rehire 116 school assistants at public nursery schools. In a statement the movement said that these 116 ...

High rents in the government-controlled areas force students to decline their university admissions or rent cheap accommodation in the north, MPs heard during the House education committee on Wednesday. In ...

The education ministry is currently planning for the smooth integration of Ukrainian students into the Cypriot education system for 2022-2023. The ministry’s service of state training institutes announced that ...

Dozens of students of at the Petrakis Kyprianou high school in Larnaca were suspended on Wednesday, the first day of the new academic year, for having “inappropriate haircuts”. The incident ...

Gymnasium, lyceum and technical school students returned to classes on Wednesday for the new academic year. Teachers have been back in the classroom since September 1, preparing to welcome students back. ...

A €20 million deal to digitally upgrade all schools by 2025 was signed by the education ministry on Tuesday. “In essence, this is the biggest technological upgrade and one of the biggest ...

The UN development programme has announced that the submission deadline for the European Union funded ‘Video and Drawing’ competition for children and youth has been extended until 19 September 2022. The competition ...

Amidst soaring rent prices, university students in Limassol are scrambling to find accommodation University student Konstantinos Karseras used to board the 6.30am bus from Paphos to arrive on time for ...

Preparations to open primary schools for thousands of students on September 12 are almost complete, the Education Ministry’s director of primary education, Dr Marios Stylianides said on Thursday. According to ...

Post-secondary vocational education and training institutes (MIEEK) will be on the House’s education committee agenda for the new session it was announced on Wednesday. MPs sitting on the committee ...

The energy ministry is offering scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields related to hydrocarbons, renewable energy and energy transition. The scholarship will be valid only for the 2022...

Millennials from six European countries, including Cyprus, will work together to promote cultural heritage among younger generations in a new Erasmus+ project. How can the development and understanding of cultural ...

Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University of Lisbon researchers said. Fossilized ...

Two groups, the Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union, said on Monday they would stage a protest outside the presidential palace on Wednesday ...

Rooted in the divided island of Cyprus, The Book of Cultures was created by two women as a bridge to global acceptance “Raised on a divided island,” says Evi Triantafyllides, “...

Books are expected to be distributed on time and school staffing has been largely completed, Kyprianos Louis, head of secondary education, has said. In an interview with Cyprus News Agency (...