Education

Health promotion and environment protection are among the goals of the cooperation between UCLan Cyprus University and the general state chemical laboratory. The two bodies have recently signed a protocol ...

A Limassol-based pilot programme will train high school students who aspire to follow a career in the hospitality industry. The Lifelong Learning Programmes of Vocational Education and Training in the ...

The European University Cyprus’ centre of excellence is leading an innovative project on fire prevention in the south east Mediterranean. Cerides – Excellence in Innovation and Technology at EUC – will work ...

The government must increase and prioritise funding for schools, according to the House Education Committee chairman, Pavlos Mylonas on Friday. In a statement following visits to schools in the Famagusta ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has drafted a proposal to end the practice of making gymnasium pupils repeat a year based on performance assessment. According to Philenews the proposal has already ...

Over 250 students at Limassol’s state university of technology (Tepak) will receive up to €2,500 each to help cover rent this academic year, the university announced on Tuesday. Saying that housing ...

The University of Cyprus (UCY) has made public a film titled “Universities: Back to normal?” which explores the impacts of Covid-19 on the field of higher education, taking in its ...

By Dr Panayiotis K Mavros The permanent division of our country is in sight and it is our utmost duty to strive hard to unify Cyprus, turning it into a ...

We, as an International School, believe that nurturing wonder and igniting passion – designing a safe and engaging environment with a new school curriculum, will achieve future leaders who are creative, ...

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 ...