Education

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 (...

What we stand for We aim to ensure that every child is excited about learning. We are a Great, Thinking School, which provides pastoral care to all our children and ...

Over 80 per cent of private nurseries and kindergartens applied to participate in the government scheme that will fund children’s tuition fees for eligible families, the deputy ministry of welfare ...

English School staff threatened to strike on Wednesday over the decision to dismiss three unionised teachers as the education ministry called on the school board and employees to come to ...

University of Cyprus dormitories are clearly cheaper than the offerings in the private sector, but demand for dorm rooms are double the availability, the head of the university’s student ...

Members of the English School staff union (ESSA) held another in a series of ongoing protests against the layoff of three unionised teachers, as the House education committee held a ...

Around 15 homeowners in Limassol have responded to a call last week from Tepak university to help students from out of town who are struggling somewhere to live as rents in ...

The creation of a Special Education Assessment Centre was decided by the Council of Ministers, at Monday’s meeting in Troodos with President Nicos Anastasiades. The Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, ...

The House committee on education is to hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday August 24 to discuss the issues prompted by the recent layoffs at the English School in Nicosia, according ...

University and college students in Paphos will have to pay higher rent prices during the upcoming school year, according to a number of municipality and district officials, with the district ...

Main opposition party Akel has called for the House education committee to have an extraordinary meeting to address layoffs at The English School in Nicosia, and called on the president ...

Vocational training is being given a boost with new facilities underway in Limassol, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Tuesday. “The goal is to go ...